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Chapter 24

           Theworldhassufferedalong,bleakcenturyofguiltandfearnowDigbytellsthemthattheyhavenothingtofear,inthislifeorhereafter,andthatGodcommandsthemtoloveandbehappy.Dayin,dayout,hekeepspushingit:Don’tbeafraid,behappy"

           "Well,thatpart’sallright,"Jilladmitted,"andIconcedethatheworkshardatit.But-"

           "Piffle!Heplayshard."

           "No,hegavemetheimpressionthathereallyisdevotedtohiswork,thathehadsacrificedeverythingelseto-"

           "‘Piffle!’Isaid.ForDigbyit’splay.Jill,ofallthenonsensethattwiststheworld,theconceptof‘altruism’istheworst.Peopledowhattheywanttodo,everytime.Ifitsometimespainsthemtomakeachoiceifthechoiceturnsouttolooklikea‘noblesacrifice’youcanbesurethatitisinnowisenoblerthanthediscomfortcausedbygreediness?theunpleasantnecessityofhavingtodecidebetweentwothingsbothofwhichyouwouldliketodowhenyoucan’tdoboth.Theordinaryblokesuffersthatdiscomforteveryday,everytimehemakesachoicebetweenspendingabuckonbeerortuckingitawayforhiskids,betweengettingupwhenhe’stiredorspendingthedayinhiswarmbedandlosinghisjob.Nomatterwhichhedoeshealwayschooseswhatseemstohurtleastorpleasuresmost.Theaveragechumpspendshislifeharriedbythesesmalldecisions.Buttheutterscoundrelandtheperfectsaintmerelymakethesamechoicesonalargerscale.Theystillpickwhatpleasesthem.AsDigbyhasdone.

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