You see I was once a free thinker.

I had no gods to bother me, and my friends were of the same stripe.

In time I discovered that they were a lot of scamps and that I was little better.
I found myself in the wrong road and immediately faced about.

Then I began keeping these tables.

They have been a help to me." This reminded Jack of the evil words of the melancholy Mr.Pinhorn which had been so promptly rebuked by his friend John Adams on the ride to Philadelphia.