At your first outcry I shall hurry you into that future world whither it is your mission to guide the souls of others.

Maybe you'll find it a better world to preach of than to inhabit, and so, for your own sake, I make no doubt you will obey me.

To your honour, to your good sense and a parson's natural horror of a lie, I look for truth in answer to what questions I may set you.

Should I find you deceiving me, sir, I shall see that your falsehood overtakes you." And eloquently raising his blade, he intimated the exact course he would adopt.

"Now, sir, attend to me.