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The Sermon

           Hewillnotconfesshimselfsuspected;butthatitselfisstrongsuspicion.Sohemakesthebestofit;andwhenthesailorsfindhimnottobethemanthatisadvertised,theylethimpass,andhedescendsintothecabin.

           "’Who’sthere?’criestheCaptainathisbusydesk,hurriedlymakingouthispapersfortheCustoms—‘Who’sthere?’Oh!howthatharmlessquestionmanglesJonah!Fortheinstanthealmostturnstofleeagain.Butherallies.‘IseekapassageinthisshiptoTarshish;howsoonsailye,sir?’ThusfarthebusyCaptainhadnotlookeduptoJonah,thoughthemannowstandsbeforehim;butnosoonerdoeshehearthathollowvoice,thanhedartsascrutinizingglance.‘Wesailwiththenextcomingtide,’atlastheslowlyanswered,stillintentlyeyeinghim.‘Nosooner,sir?’—‘Soonenoughforanyhonestmanthatgoesapassenger.’Ha!Jonah,that’sanotherstab.ButheswiftlycallsawaytheCaptainfromthatscent.‘I’llsailwithye,’—hesays—‘thepassagemoneyhowmuchisthat?—I’llpaynow.’Foritisparticularlywritten,shipmates,asifitwereathingnottobeoverlookedinthishistory,‘thathepaidthefarethereof’erethecraftdidsail.Andtakenwiththecontext,thisisfullofmeaning.

           "NowJonah’sCaptain,shipmates,wasonewhosediscernmentdetectscrimeinany,butwhosecupidityexposesitonlyinthepenniless.Inthisworld,shipmates,sinthatpaysitswaycantravelfreelyandwithoutapassport;whereasVirtue,ifapauper,isstoppedatallfrontiers.SoJonah’sCaptainpreparestotestthelengthofJonah’spurse,erehejudgehimopenly.Hechargeshimthricetheusualsum;andit’sassentedto.ThentheCaptainknowsthatJonahisafugitive;butatthesametimeresolvestohelpaflightthatpavesitsrearwithgold.YetwhenJonahfairlytakesouthispurse,prudentsuspicionsstillmolesttheCaptain.

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