The scene that followed was grave and sad, and yet, in the end, strangely unimpressive.

His father talked too much.

As he talked Jeremy's thoughts would fly back to the coal-black horse and to that moment when he had seemed to fly into the very heart of the stars.
"Ah, Jeremy, how could you ?" said his father.

"Is obedience nothing to you?
Do you know how God punishes disobedience?
Think what a terrible thing is a disobedient man!" Then on a lower scale: "I really don't know what to do with you.

You knew that you were not to go near that wicked place." "You never said--" interrupted Jeremy.
"Nonsense! You knew well enough.