KeimerandIliv'donaprettygoodfamiliarfooting, andagreedtolerablywell, ', andhadtrepann'dhimsooftenbyquestionsapparentlysodistantfromanypointwehadinhand, andyetbydegreesledtothepoint, andbroughthimintodifficultiesandcontradictions, thatatlasthegrewridiculouslycautious, andwouldhardlyanswermethemostcommonquestion, withoutaskingfirst, “Whatdoyouintendtoinferfromthat?” However, itgavehimsohighanopinionofmyabilitiesintheconfutingway, , , IfoundseveralconundrumswhichIobjectedto, unlessImighthavemywayalittletoo, andintroducesomeofmine.
Keimerworehisbeardatfulllength, becausesomewhereintheMosaiclawitissaid, “Thoushaltnotmarthecornersofthybeard.” HelikewisekepttheSeventhday, Sabbath; 'dboth; butagreedtoadmitthemuponconditionofhisadoptingthedoctrineofusingnoanimalfood.“Idoubt,” saidhe, “myconstitutionwillnotbearthat.” Iassur'dhimitwould, , , , 'd, andbroughttousregularlybyawomanintheneighborhood, whohadfrommealistoffortydishes, tobeprepar'dforusatdifferenttimes, inallwhichtherewasneitherfish, flesh, norfowl, andthewhimsuitedmethebetteratthistimefromthecheapnessofit, , leavingthecommondietforthat, andthatforthecommon, abruptly, withouttheleastinconvenience, , butpoorKeimersufferedgrievously, tiredoftheproject, long'dfortheflesh-potsofEgypt, andorder'; but, itbeingbroughttoosoonupontable, hecouldnotresistthetemptation, andatethewholebeforewecame.
