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Chapter 24

           Mikeremainedinhistrance;therewasstillmuchtogrok,looseendsandbitsandpiecestobepuzzledoverandfittedintohisgrowingpatternallthathehadseenandheardandbeenattheArchangelFosterTabernacle(notjustthecusphehadencounteredwhenheandDigbyhadcomefacetofacealone),whyBishopSenatorBoonehadmadehimwarilyuneasywithoutfrighteninghim,whyMissDawnArdenthadtastedlikeawaterbrotherwhenshewasnot,thetextureandsmellofthegoodnesshehadincompletelygrokkedinthejumpingupanddownandthewailingJubal’sstoredconversationbothcomingandgoingJubal’swordstroubledhimmorethanotherdetails;hestudiedthemwithgreatcare,comparedthemwithwhathehadbeentaughtasanestling,makinggreatefforttobridgebetweenhistwolanguages,theonehethoughtwithandtheonehenowspokeandwasgraduallylearningtothinkin,forsomepurposes.Thehumanword"church"whichturnedupoverandoveragainamongJubal’swordsgavehimmostknottydifficulty;therewasnoMartianconceptofanysorttomatchitunlessonetook"church"and"worship"and"God"and"congregation"andmanyotherwordsandequatedthemalltothetotalityoftheonlyworldhehadknownduringmostofhisgrowing-waiting?thenforcedtheconceptbackawkwardlyintoEnglishinthatphrasewhichhadbeenrejected(butbyeachdifferently)byJubal,byMahmoud,byDigby

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