Possible Clues:

• Asked for a couple of pages and made up a story
• Responded to job ad to be employed
• Employed, having a practical character
• Asked (for job); not pure (maths)
• Perhaps the priest was not to be believed, but it could have been all put on
• Put into practice or requested
• Put in (for a job) - not pure
• Was the man of God not to be believed? It was all put on
• Offered oneself as a candidate
• Not a true pianissimo?