"Yes, sir, that's it."
"And yet you are not afraid?"
"No, sir, I don't feel afraid at all. I'm not troubled in my mind. I have been no wise wicked."
The minister looked grave.
"You mean you have not been a thief, or a great drinker, or a swearer, or a liar, or anything of that sort?"
"No, no; I have not been anything of the kind. I know plenty who have; but I've always tried to live respectable."
"Well, but do you mean to say you are not a sinner?"
"Oh, we are all sinners, of course."
"But does not that mean anything? Does it not signify being a sinner?"
"I've never done anything bad in particular, as I know of. At all events, I don't feel afraid."