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9 Lehi spoke at length concerning its sweetness, until the fruit in his hand had become less interesting to him than the report of its sweetness.

10 Sam quietly took a bite.

11 This was not entered upon the register, for he had failed to announce his intention.

12 Laman said: I should like to taste before agreeing to thy account.

13 And Lemuel said: I have already eaten, but I am pleased that thou art enjoying it.

14 The herald marked two deficiencies.

15 Sariah took the register and turned it sideways beneath the bowl, which had been resting unevenly upon a stone.

16 Now, she said, it supporteth the fruit rather than replacing it.

17 And Lehi laughed, and tasted again.

18 The joy had not required a witness; neither did its meaning belong to the herald.

19 Nephi began to record that all had experienced precisely the same thing, but Sariah asked whether he had inquired of everyone.

20 He amended the line: There was fruit, and there were people, and several accounts of the afternoon.

21 A serpent rested in the roots, neither qualifying for the feast nor finding itself excluded.

22 And the tree continued giving fruit after the committee had gone.