He caught parts of them.
"The Son of man is as a man taking a far journey." "Watch ye therefore." "Ye know not when the master of the house cometh." "Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping." "Don't you know what 'l-e-s-t' means ?" asked Martin, eager for the explanation.
"Oh--why, yes," responded his father.

"It means 'For fear' he should come suddenly." "Who ?" asked Martin.
"The Lord," returned his father gravely.
"Why shouldn't they be sleeping ?" asked Martin.
"Who ?" said his father, turning to attend to the horses.
"I don't know," said Martin.

"I mean my verse." "Martin," stated the stage-driver, "I'm no hand at explaining.

Don't ask any more questions." Every Sunday after this Miss Bruce persisted in asking whether the boys read in their Testaments.
"It's mean the way some of the boys don't read any, after her giving us all nice red Testaments," Martin told his father.

"I don't read much, but I ought to read some, after her fringing that red ribbon! Most verses I read are short, like 'Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.'" The stage-driver moved uneasily at the words.
"He hasn't forgot that verse after all these weeks ?" thought the man.
"I know what that verse means now," went on Martin.