" do you think there is any one who would pay all that money for such an arrant sinner 's sake ? " inquired the pastor . " yes , " said the youth . if he could manage to have him buried , he would be willing to pay for the wake out of his own slender purse . at first the pastor would hear nothing of it . but when the youth returned with two men , and asked him in their presence whether he refused the dead man christian burial , he ventured no further objections .
the man was an arrant sinner .
why would no one want to pay all that money to bury the corpse, according to the pastor ?
why would no one want to pay all that money to bury the corpse, according to the pastor ?