"O dear, you alarm me. Do you think I could ever go and ask him?"
"Would you then rather live and die ignorant of the meaning of the subject, than go and ask him to explain it to you?"
"Why, Sir, if I were to be seen speaking to him, my friends would cut me, and I should never be able to appear at any of our social parties."
"But, Madam, it is a serious thing to die without possessing that which Jesus Christ says is absolutely necessary to fit us for heaven."
"But, Sir, I am not going to die yet."
"I hope not, Madam, but you must die, and must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, and then do you think that a recollection of your card parties will afford you any pleasure?"
"But I hope to prepare for death."
"Can you, Madam, prepare too soon, when you do not know but you may die suddenly?"
"O dear, Sir, the subject begins to depress me, and I must decline pursuing it any farther, if you please."