Hiding Man

    Hiding Man (第3/3页)

nderstandthesepreoccupations,whollynaturalandgoodinterestinfemalepartshoweverillicitlypursued,asunderwindow.Coupledwithskilledquestioningintendedtobringfortheveryfinaldetail,includingself-abuseandcompulsiveoverconsumptionofBabyRuths,MarsBars,Butterfingers,significanceofwhichintermsofsexualself-aggrandizementwasfirstpointedouttomebythisgoodandholyman."

    Bane-Hipkisslooksdisturbed,whynot?itisadisturbingstory,therearethingsinthisworldthatdisgust,lifeisnotallVistavisionandThunderbirds,evenMarsBarshavehiddensignificance,dangeroustoplumb.Theeradicationofriskistheworkofwomensorganizationsandfoundations,fewofus,alas,canbegreatsinners.

    "Becamethereforeaconvincedanticlerical.NolongerlovedGod,cringedatwordsMyson,fledblackrobeswherevertheyappeared,pronouncedanathemaswhereappropriate,blasphemed,wrotedirtylimericksinvolvingrhymesfornunnery,wasinfotallyalienated.Thenitbecameclearthatthisgamewasnotsoone-sidedashadatfirstappeared,thattherewasapursuit."

    "Ah"

    "ThiswasrevealedtomebyarenegadeBrotheroftheHolySepulcher,anotoverbrightmanbutgoodinsecretrecessesofheart,whohadbeenemployedforeightyearsascookinbishopspalace.Heallegedthatonwallofbishopsstudywasmap,placedtherewerepinsrepresentingthoseinthediocesewhosesoulswereatissue."

    "GoodGod!"expletesBane-Hipkiss,isthereafaintflavorhereof

    "Itiskeptrigorouslyup-to-datebythecoadjutor,aratherpoliticalman.Asare,inmyexperience,mostchurchfunctionariesjustunderepiscopalrank.Paradoxically,thebishophimselfisasaint."

    Bane-Hipkisslooksincredulous."Youstillbelieveinsaints?"

    "Ibelieveinsaints,

    "Holywater,

    "Poorboxes,

    "AshesonAshWednesday,

    "LiliesonEasterSunday,

    "Crèches,censers,choirs,

    "Albs,Bibles,miters,martyrs,

    "Littleredlights,

    "LadiesoftheAltarSociety,

    "KnightsofColumbus,

    "Cassocksandcruets,

    "Dispensationsandindulgences,

    "Theefficacyofprayer,

    "RightReverendsandVeryReverends,

    "Tabernacles,monstrances,

    "Bellsringing,peoplesinging,

    "Wineandbread,

    "Sisters,Brothers,Fathers,

    "Therightofsanctuary,

    "Theprimacyofthepapacy,

    "Bullsandconcordats,

    "TheIndex,theLastJudgment,

    "HeavenandHell,

    "Ibelieveitall.Itsimpossiblenottobelieve.Thatswhatmakesthingssodifficult."

    "Butthen"

    "ItwasbasketballIdidntbelievein."

    Butthereismore,itwasthefirstritualwhichdiscoveredtomethepossibilityofotherrituals,othercelebrations,forinstanceBloodofDracula,AmazingColossalMan,ItConqueredtheWorld.CanBane-Hipkissabsorbthisnicetheologicalpoint,thatonebelieveswhatonecan,followsthatvisionwhichmostbrilliantlyexaltsandvilifiestheworld?AloneinthedarkonesurrenderstoAmazingColossalManallhope,alldesire,meanwhilethebishopsendsouthispatrols,thecannyoldpriests,thenunsonsimpleerrandsinstatelypairs,Iremembertheyeareveryoneworeblack,whatdodgingintodoorways,whatobscenehasteincrossingstreets!

    Bane-Hipkissblushes,looksawkward,shufflesfeet,opensmouthtospeak.

    "Ihaveaconfession."

    "Confess,"Iurge,"feelfree."

    "Iwassenthere."

    UndertheirnosesorinTibet,theyhaveagentseveninthelamaseries.

    "Thatremindsmeofsomething,"Istate,butBane-Hipkissrises,raiseshandtohead,commands:"Look!"AsBurligameshrinkshestripsawayhisskin.CleverBane-Hipkiss,nowhehasme,Isitgape-mouthed,hestandsgrinningwithskindrapedlikedeaddishragoverpaw,heiswhite!Ipretendimperturbability."Thatremindsme,regardingthepointIwasmakingearlier,thefilmweareviewingisaninterestingexample"

    Butheinterrupts.

    "Yourposition,whileheretical,hasitspoints,"hestates,"butontheotherhandwecannotallowtheintegrityofouroperationtobeplacedinquestion,willy-nilly,bypeoplewithfunnyideas.FatherBlauwaswrong,wegetsomelemonsjustlikeanyothergroup.Ontheotherhandifeveryoneofourpeopletakesitintohisheadtofleeus,whowillbesaved?Youmightstartatrend.Itwasnecessarytousethis"(holdsupfalsefaceguiltily)"togetclosetoyou,itwasforthehealthofyoursoul."

    BarefacedBane-Hipkissrattleson,hasBurligameatlastbeentaken,musthegivehimselfup?ThereisstillthesignmarkedEXIT,intotheJohn,uponthestool,outthroughthewindow."Iamempoweredtouseforce,"heimparts,frowning.

    "RegardingthepointIwasmakingearlier,"Istate,"orbeginningtomake,thefilmwearewatchingisitselfaritual,manypeopleviewsuchfilmsandrefusetounderstandwhattheyaresaying,considerthe"

    "AtpresentIhavemorepressingbusiness,"hesays,"willyoucomequietly?"

    "No,"Iaffirm,"payattentiontothepicture,itistryingtotellyousomething,revelationisnotsofrequentinthesetimesthatonecanaffordtodiddleitaway."

    "Imustwarnyou,"hereplies,"thattoamanfilledwithzealnothingisproscribed.Zeal,"hestatesproudly,"ismymiddlename."

    "Iwillnotstir."

    "Youmust."

    NowBane-Hipkissmoveslightlyonlittlepriestsfeet,sidewisethroughrowsofseats,acunningsmileonfacenowrevealedashierarchical,handsclaspedinnocentlyinfrontofhimtodemonstratepurityofintent.Strangehighhowlingnoises,asinNightoftheBloodBeast,fearfulreddishcasttosky,asinItConqueredtheWorld,wheredotheycomefrom?Thesweetnessfrombeneaththeseatsisoverpowering,Iattemptedtowarnhimbuthewouldnothear,slipthecasefromjacketpocket,joinneedletodeadlybodyofinstrument,crouchinreadiness.Bane-Hipkissadvances,eyesclampedshutinmysticalecstasy,Igrasphimbythethroat,plungeneedleintoneck,hiseyesbulge,hisfacecollapses,hesubsidesquiveringintoalumpamongtheseats,inamomenthewillbeginbarkinglikeadog.

    Mostpeoplehaventthewittobeafraid,mostviewtelevision,smokecigars,fondlewives,havechildren,vote,plantgladiolus,iris,phlox,neverconfrontScreamingSkull,TeenageWerewolf,BeastwithaThousandEyes,noconceptionofwhatliesbeneaththesurface,nofaithinanymanifestationnotcertifiedbyhierarchy.WhoissafeinhomewithTeenageWerewolfabroad,withstreetsunderswayofBeastwithaThousandEyes?Peoplethinkthesethingsarejokes,buttheyarewrong,itisdangeroustoignoreavision,considerBane-Hipkiss,hehasbeguntobark.

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