Everybody lived for himself only, for his pleasure, and all the

talk concerning God and righteousness was deception. And if

sometimes doubts arose in her mind and she wondered why

everything was so ill-arranged in the world that all hurt each

other, and made each other suffer, she thought it best not to

dwell on it, and if she felt melancholy she could smoke, or,

better still, drink, and it would pass.

SUNDAY IN PRISON--PREPARING FOR MASS.