'What sort of questions?'
'The first is, What is the chief end of man? Now what answer would you give to that?'
'Being in a garden with the girl who won't have you—but will some day——'
'No; but in a general way, what do you think is the chief end of man? what he should most live for?'
Ritchie knitted his brows for a moment. 'Well, I should say it is to sell on the rise and have a good time.'
'Sell on the rise?'
'Yes, if you sell on the rise you make a pot of money. If you don't, the other fellow collars the tin. Now, what is the answer in the Catechism?'
'The answer is that the chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.'
'But, of course, that means when people get to heaven.'
'But why should they get to heaven if they do nothing to deserve it?'