[...]when he meets me on equal ground outside the pulpit. 'Mebbe 'tis an' mebbe 'tisn't, ' as I remarked sociably to him about the matter of eternal damnation, 'but you can't deny, can you, suh, bein' outside the pulpit an' bound to speak the truth like the rest of us, that you sleep a long sight easier in yo' bed when you say to yo'self that mebbe 'tisn't?' and " and "You see pa's old, an' he won't harbour any belief at his time of life that don't let him rest comfortable, and "[...].