answered the man; "with me you would learn a very different kind of tailoring, which is respectable and proper, and for the most part very honorable." so he let himself be persuaded, and went with the man, and learnt his art from the very beginning. when they parted, the man gave the youth a needle, and said, "with this you can sew together whatever is given you, whether it is as soft as an egg or as hard as steel; and it will all become one piece of stuff, so that no seam will be visible."