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Chapter 24

           Itdoesn’thavetobegooddancingaccordingtoeye-witnessreportstheShakerscouldneverhavemadetheBolshoiBalletitmerelyhastobeenthusiastic.DoyouconsidertheRainDancesofourSouthwestIndiansirreverent?"

           "No.Butthat’sdifferent."

           "Everythingalwaysisandthemoreitchanges,themoreitisthesame.NowaboutthoseslotmachineseverseeaBingogameinchurch?"

           "Well?yes.Ourparishusedtoholdthemwhenweweretryingtoraisethemortgage.ButweheldthemonFridaynights;wecertainlydidn’tdosuchthingsduringchurchservices."

           "So?Mindsmeofamarriedwomanwhowasveryproudofhervirtue.Shesleptwithothermenonlywhenherhusbandwasaway."

           "Why,Jubal,thetwocasesaren’tevenslightlyalike!"

           "Probablynot.Analogyisevenslipperierthanlogic.But,‘littlelady’-"

           "Smilewhenyoucallmethat!"

           "‘It’sajoke.’Whydidn’tyouspitinhisface?Hehadtostayonhisgoodbehaviornomatterwhatwedid;Digbywantedhimto.But,Jill,ifathingissinfulonSunday,itissinfulonFridayatleastitgroksthatwaytoanoutsider,myself?orperhapstoamanfromMars.TheonlydifferenceIcanseeisthattheFosteritesgiveaway,absolutelyfree,ascripturaltextevenifyoulose.CouldyourBingogamesmakethesameclaim?"

           "Fakescripture,youmean.AtextfromtheNewRevelation.Boss,haveyoureadthething?"

           "I’vereadit."

           "Thenyouknow.It’sjustdressedupinBiblicallanguage.

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