book I was reading was not a proper one to take to church, stopped me as

he was going out and asked to see it, and finding what it was, told me that I was not to bring it again to church, as it was not a book of prayers. More also he added that I did not understand, especially when he wanted to explain to me the verses--

"Il putrido Annoso tronco, a cui s'appoggia fraude."[2]

[2] "The rotten knotted trunk on which fraud leans."

I obeyed, however, and never took this or any of my other books to church; and so I learnt that books you can read at home you cannot read in church. Later I learnt there are others not to be read anywhere.