Then you think him unruly?
Maurice:
Decidedly so.
Roger:
I was, but am changed since one-half hour ago.
Mabel:
The change is too sudden to be of much worth;
The deepest convictions are slowest of birth.
Conversion, I hold, to be earnest and lasting,
Begins with repentance and praying and fasting,
And (begging your pardon for such a bold speech),
You seem, sir, a stranger to all and to each
Of these ways of salvation.
Roger:
Since yesterday, miss,
When, unseen, I first saw you (believe me in this),
I have deeply repented my sins of the past.
To-night I will pray, and to-morrow will fast—
Or, make it next week, when my shore appetite
May be somewhat subdued in its ravenous might.
Maurice: