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Suddenly he made the decision to continue, and I was relieved

"Iabout changing the world if ever I really thought of it; I made a life, you see, you knoorld unto itself But she really has opened her soul in a sophisticated way toto so My soul's dead "

"Apparently not," I said The thought that he would vanish, had to, sooner or later, was beco than his initial presence had ever been

"Let's get back to the basics I' anxious" he said

"Why?"

"Don't freak on me, just listen There is overnainst me let alone a conviction, you saw to that The information's in the flat Black leather folders

File cabinet Mixed right in with sales slips for all sorts of paintings and statues And you have to save all that somewhere for Dora My life's work, my inheritance It's in your hands for her You can do it, can't you? Look, there's no hurry, you've done aith me in a rather clever way,"

"I know And you're asking el, to see that Dora receives this inheritance untainted"

"Yes,you to do And you can do it! And don't forget about my Wynken! If she won't take those books, you keep those books!"

He touched my chest with his hand I felt it, the little knock upon the door of the heart

He continued "Whenit ever et the money to Dora Money can still create Dora's church Dora is netic, Dora can do it all by herself, if she has the money! You follow me? She can do it the way Francis did it or Paul or Jesus If it wasn't for her theology, she would have becoo She has all the assets She thinks too y is what sets her apart "

He took a breath He was talking very rapidly, and I was beginning to shiver I could hear his fear like a low emanation from him

Fear of what?

"Here," he said "Let ht We've been reading a book by Bryan Appleyard, a coluland, you've heard of hi the Present I have the copy she gave s that Dora believedsuch as that we are 'spiritually impoverished ' "

"Agreed "