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Robert A. Heinlein - A Comedy Of Justice
Atec Февраль 27 2008 02:52:13
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'Yes! Hallelujah! Years I have waited to be rid of that clod - be rid of him without sinning.'
'I'm unsure about the latter. But not being a wife does not relieve you of the duty to speak politely to this saint who was once your husband.' Peter turned again to me. 'Do You wish her to stay?'
'Me? No, no! There's been a mistake.'
`So it appears. Daughter, you may go.'
'Now you just wait! Having come all this way, I have things I've been planning to tell you. Perfectly scandalous goings-on I have seen around here. Why, without the slightest sense of decency -
`Daughter, I dismissed you. Will you walk out on your own feet? Or shall I send for two stalwart angels and have you thrown out?'
'Why, the very idea! I was just going to say -ґ
'You are not going to say!'
'Well, I certainly have as much right to speak my mind as anyone!'
'Not in this office. Sister Marie Charles!'
'Yes, sir!'
'Do you still remember the judo they taught you when you were working with the Detroit police?'
'I do!'
'Get this yenta out of here.'
The tall nun grinned and dusted her hands together. What happened next happened so fast that I can't describe it. But Abigail left very suddenly.
Saint Peter sat back down, sighed, and picked up his Coke. 'That woman would try the patience of Job. How long were you married to her?ґ
'Uh, slightly over a thousand years.'
'I understand you. Why did you send for her?'
'I didn't
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