“God preserve me! There’s been nothing of the sort!”
“That’s good, very good!” said I. “I am glad for you.”
There was nothing more to say just then.
“Well then, I will fetch you the books, and God’s help be with you!”
And we took leave of one another.
Yes, what a splendid, fertile soil on which to sow, and what a dreadful sin it is to cast upon it the seeds of falsehood, violence, drunkenness and profligacy!