I have already died, according to Uncle Zed." "No, Carlia, you misapply that.

We are all sinners, and we all die in proportion to our sinning.

That's true enough; but there is also the blessed privilege of repentance to consider.

Let me finish the quotation: 'The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord'; also let me add what the Lord said about those who truly repent; 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool'.

That is a great comfort to all of us, Carlia." "Yes; thank you, Dorian....