You are hot, and you are tired. Your business in town did not go well, and you seethe each time you think of that cold, covetous merchant. The prices he expected you to pay! And without credit!

You’d like to
see him …

No, that sort of thought
comes from the devil. You murmur a quick prayer for forgiveness, and you struggle—though not too hard—to forgive the merchant.     You ride on.