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Robert A. Heinlein - A Comedy Of Justice
Atec Февраль 27 2008 02:52:13
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She smiled up at me, did not seem surprised. 'Welcome, Alec! "Saint Alec" now, I see. I'm not surprised.'
'I am. It's a mistake.'
'Mistakes don't happen in Heaven. Where is Margie? Still alive on earth?'
'No.' I explained how we had been separated. 'So I'm waiting here for word.'
'You'll find her.' She kissed me, quickly and warmly which reminded me of my four-day beard. I seated her, sat down with my friends. 'You are sure to find her quickly, because that is a promise we were made and is precisely carried out. Reunion in Heaven with friends and loved ones. "We shall gather by the River -" and sure enough, there it is, right outside the door. Steve Saint Alec, you, do remember Steve? He was with you and Margie when we met.'
'How could I forget him? He bought us dinner and gave us a gold eagle when we were stony. Do I remember Steve!'
'I'm happy to hear you say that... because Steve credits you with converting him - born-again conversion - and getting him into Heaven. You see, Steve was killed on the Plain of Meggido, and I was killed in the War, too, uh, that was about five years after we met you
'Five years?'
'Yes. I was killed fairly early in the War; Steve lasted clear to Armageddon-'
'Hazel... it hasn't been much over a month since Steve bought us that dinner at Rimrock.'
'That's logical. You were caught up in the Rapture and that touched off the War. So you spent the War years up in the air, and that makes it work out that Steve and I are here first even though you left first
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