And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.' 5.

You must all have heard of Clito, who used to say that he desired no more time for rising and dressing and saying his prayers than about a quarter of an hour.

Well, that was clipping the thing pretty close, wasn't it?
At the same time it must be admitted that a good deal of prayer may be got through in a quarter of an hour if you do not lose any moment of it.

Especially in the first quarter of the day, if you are expeditious enough to begin to pray before you even begin to dress.

And prayer is really a very strange experience.