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Robert A. Heinlein - A Comedy Of Justice
Atec Февраль 27 2008 02:52:13
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. Son, if Saint Joan had had faith as firm as yours, she would have quenched the fire that martyred her'. I know of -ґ
Sister Marie Charles' voice announced, 'Saint Alexander's wife is here.'
'Show her in!' To me he added, 'Tell you later'.'
I hardly heard him; my heart was bursting.
The door opened; in walked Abigail.
I don't know how to describe the next few minutes. Heartbreaking disappointment coupled with embarrassment summarizes it.
Abigail looked at me and said severely, 'Alexander, what in the world are you doing wearing that preposterous halo? Take it off instantly!'
Saint Peter rumbled, 'Daughter, you are not "in the world"; you are in my private office. You will not speak to Saint Alexander that way.'
Abigail turned her gaze to him, and sniffed. 'You call him a saint? And didn't your mother teach you to stand up for ladies? Or are saints exempt from such niceties?'
'I do stand up, for ladies. Daughter, you will address me, with respect. And you will speak to your husband with the respect a wife owes her husband.'
'He's not my husband!'
'Eh?' Saint Peter looked from her to me, then back. 'Explain yourself.'
'Jesus said, "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels." So there! And He said it again in Mark twelve, twenty-five.'
'Yes,' agreed Saint Peter, 'I heard Him say it. To the Sadducees. By that rule you are no longer a wife
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