" Abashed by this question, I replied that sloth was my chief temptation.

He shook his head incredulously; and even more abashed, I said that though I was living with my wife as he advised, I was not living with her as her husband.

To this he replied that one should not deprive a wife of one's embraces and gave me to understand that that was my duty.

But I replied that I should be ashamed to do it, and suddenly everything vanished.