He did not abstain from conversing with me: he even called me as usual each morning to join him at his desk; and I fear the corrupt man within him had a pleasure unimparted to, and unshared by, the pure Christian, in evincing with what skill he could, while acting and speaking apparently just as usual, extract from every deed and every phrase the spirit of interest and approval which had formerly communicated a certain austere charm to his language and manner.
No dejaba de conversar conmigo y, como de costumbre, me llamaba todas las mañanas a su pupitre, pero yo notaba cómo lo que había de hombre en él gozaba, sin que su espíritu cristiano lo compartiese, en manifestar en todas sus frases y modales, aparentemente iguales que los de siempre, la falta de interés y aprobación que antes daban una especie de austero encanto a su severidad.