He 's got a work to do -- if the minister 'll let him do it . And if the minister do n't let him do it , then I would n't be in that minister 's shoes when he comes to the judgment -- no , I 'd rather be in my own . It 's an awful thing to cross the purposes of the Almighty , either in your own life or anybody else 's . Sometimes I think it 's what 's meant by the unpardonable sin -- ay , that I do ! '' Carmody people never asked what old Abel meant . They had long ago given up such vain questioning . When a man had lived as old Abel had lived for the greater part of his life , was it any wonder he said crazy things ? And as for hinting that Mr. Leonard , a man who was really almost too good to live , was guilty of any sin , much less an unpardonable one -- well , there now ! what use was it to be taking any account of old Abel 's queer speeches ? Though , to be sure , there was no great harm in a fiddle , and maybe Mr. Leonard was a mite too strict that way with the child . But then , could you wonder at it ? There was his father , you see . Felix finally lowered the violin , and came back to old Abel 's kitchen with a long sigh . Old Abel smiled drearily at him -- the smile of a man who has been in the hands of the tormentors . `` It 's awful the way you play -- it 's awful , '' he said with a shudder . `` I never heard anything like it -- and you that never had any teaching since you were nine years old , and not much practice , except what you could get here now and then on my old , battered fiddle . And to think you make it up yourself as you go along ! I suppose your grandfather would never hear to your studying music -- would he now ? '' Felix shook his head . `` I know he would n't , Abel .
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