'What are thy reasons for thinking so?'
'Fishing is mentioned frequently in Scripture. Simon Peter was a fisherman.'
'True; and Andrew his brother. But thou forgettest; they did not follow fishing as a diversion, as I fear thou doest.—Thou readest the Scriptures?'
'Sometimes.'
'Sometimes?—not daily?—that is to be regretted. What profession dost thou make?—I mean to what religious denomination dost thou belong, my young friend?'
'Church.'
'It is a very good profession—there is much of Scripture contained in its liturgy. Dost thou read aught beside the Scriptures?'
'Sometimes.'
'What dost thou read besides?'
'Greek, and Dante.'