The minister gave out his text and droned along monotonously through an argument that was so prosy that many a head by and by began to nod--and yet it was an argument that dealt in limitless fire and brimstone and thinned the predestined elect down to a company so small as to be hardly worth the saving.
A tiszteletes úr most elővette a bibliát, felolvasta a textust, és belekezdett a szentbeszédbe, kenetteljesen fejtegette az alapigét, de oly egyhangúan, hogy Tom csak azt figyelte, hogyan lapoz tovább.