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           Oh-"

           "-loper-

           "-Aw...Aw...Aw..."

           "Andwhoishe?"Shescreamed(butcalmwithin,hecouldsensethecalmness,themastery,thecontrol,thedomination.Hethoughtsuddenly,withterrorandabsolutesurety:hehasleftademoninher.Sheishaunted.Hefeltthehotrippleofsexualdesireagainthroughhisfear.)

           Themanwhowasholdinghisheadcrashedandblunderedforward.

           "I’minhell!"Hescreamedupather.Hisfacetwistedandwrithedasifsnakescrawledbeneathhisskin."Idonefornications!Idonegambling!Idoneweed!Idonesins!I

           -"Buthisvoiceroseskywardinadreadful,hystericalwailthatdrownedarticulation.Heheldhisheadasifitwouldburstlikeanoverripecantaloupeatanymoment.

           Theaudiencestilledasifacuehadbeengiven,frozenintheirhalf-eroticposesofecstasy.

           SylviaPittstonreacheddownandgraspedhishead.Theman’scryceasedasherfingers,strongandwhite,unblemishedandgentle,workedthroughhishair.Helookedupatherdumbly.

           "Whowaswithyouinsin?"Sheasked.Hereyeslookedintohis,deepenough,gentleenough,coldenoughtodrownin.

           "The...theInterloper."

           "Calledwho?"

           "CalledSatan."Raw,oozingwhisper.

           "Willyourenounce?"

           Eagerly:"Yes!Yes!Oh,myJesusSavior!"

           Sherockedhishead;hestaredatherwiththeblank,shinyeyesofthezealot."Ifhewalkedthroughthatdoor

           -"shehammeredafingeratthevestibuleshadowswherethegunslingerstood-"wouldyourenouncehimtohisface?"

           "Onmymother’sname!"

           "DoyoubelieveintheeternalloveofJesus?"

           Hebegantoweep