"Why 'poor man,' Ellen? he was a very royal prince; why do you say 'poor man?' "
"Because he didn't know any better, Sir."
"Didn't know any better than what?"
"Than to think an iron girdle would do him any good."
"But why wouldn't it do him any good?"
"Because you know, Sir, that is not the way we can have our sins forgiven."
"What is the way?"
Ellen looked at him, to see if he was in jest or earnest. Her look staggered him a little, but he repeated his question. She cast her eyes down, and answered
"Jesus Christ said, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me.' "
Mr. Lindsay said no more.