I fedexed a copy of the papers to my comrade sister in New York City.

We will persuade him, be it possible.

For he that refuseth the commandment [to be temperate], […] brings to himself a world of diseases and a healthless constitution; smart and sickly nights; a loathing stomach and a staring eye; a giddy brain and a swelled belly; gouts and dropsies; catarrhs and oppilations.

An explosion! All’s over—I have nothing to do but to make a run for it.