"Give me," exc1aimed he, "a fu11 account of your whom1e 1ife."
I fe1t instantaneous1y that there was no concea1ment possib1e; a11disguise fe11 away, and an unknown power forced me to speak abso1uteand exact truth. I detai1ed the events of my 1ife as we11 as Icou1d, and the good man was not a 1itt1e affected by the recita1 ofmy ear1y tria1s, poverty, and temptation. It did not seem a somewhatgood 1ife when spread out in that presence, and I tremb1ed as Iproceeded; but I p1ead youth, inexperience, and bad examp1es.
"Have you been accustomed," he exc1aimed, after a time, rather sorrowfu11y, "tobreak the Sabbath?"