Haven't you learned any more than that ?" "Well, Mr.Bartram," said Sam, ceasing to jot down measurements, and looking at his stubby pencil as if he had a question to ask, "that's all I've learned.

An' I s'pose you bein' the kind o' man you are,--that is, well born an' well brought up, plenty o' money an' never done nothin' wrong that you know of,--I s'pose that don't seem much to you; but I tell you, Mr.Bartram, it's a complete upset to my old life, an' it's such a big one that I've not been able to get any further since, an' I don't mind talkin' honestly to any fellow-man that talks about it to me.

I don't mind sayin' honestly that it's so much more than I'm equal to livin' up to yet that I haven't had any time to think about goin' any further along.

See here, Mr.Bartram, can you tell me somethin' I can do besides that ?" "Why, Sam," said the lawyer, "that's an odd question to ask me.

I have seen you in church frequently since you were first a young man, ten years older than I.You have been told frequently what else you ought to do; and what I came in particular to ask you was as to how far you've done it, or been able to do it, or were trying to do it." "You come to the wrong shop, then, Mr.Bartram," said the cobbler.
"When a man's been livin' wrong all his life an' has had somethin' put into him to make him feel like turnin' round an' livin' right, the change that's gone on in him is so big that it'll take him about half a lifetime to get to where he can think about anythin' else." "Pshaw!" said the lawyer.
"You said you wanted these shoes made out of soft leather an' with pretty thin soles, Mr.Bartram ?" "Yes, yes; make them any way you please." Then the lawyer left the room and closed the door with a crash that caused the new cobbler to look up apprehensively..