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"My young friend, if you ever wish to be a saint you must first have a profound conviction that you are a sinner I hope that you realize that you are a sinner"

"I aentle as you reentleyht a shocked and warning look from his mother, and so did not reply He saw that he was "in for it," as he would express himself, and surmised that the less he said the sooner the ordeal would be over He therefore took refuge in a silence that was both sullen and resentful He was too young and uncurbed to maintain a cold and impassive face, and his dark eyes occasionally shot vindictive gleams at both his ainst his will Fortunately the doctor was content, after he had got under way, to talk at, instead of to, his listener, and thus was saved thequestions of one ould not have answered

After the last sonorous period had been rounded, the youth arose, bowed stiffly, and withdrew, but with a heart overfloith a le of the house stood the clergyy It was but the work of a moment to slip part of the shuck of a horse-chestnut, with its sharp spines, under the collar, so that when the traces drew upon it the spines would be driven into the poor beast's neck Then, going down to the h which he knew the doctor must pass on his way home, he took his post of observation