I believe, 'said Mr Gills, blowing the dust off the glass top of a compass-case,' that you don't point more direct and due to the back parlour than the boy's inclination does after all.

Map and compass: In case you wander from the trail.

Whether you are religious or not, ignoring the importance of compassion is like losing your compass. The difference in this case is, there is no GPS to replace it.