[None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson]@TWC D-Link bookNone Other Gods CHAPTER IV 11/16
"The thing's got to go like this, or not at all." He drew out the razor from the puddle, opened it and dried the blade on his sleeve.
During the process Gertie moved suddenly, and he looked up. When he looked down again be perceived that he had slit a neat slice into the cloth of his jacket. He remained quite still for one moment.
Then he sat down on the bank, and examined the twine once more. The Major began to make slightly offensive comments.
Then Frank looked up. "You can go to hell!" he said quite softly, "or anywhere else you like. But I'm going to do up the bundle in my way and not yours." * * * * * Now that is a sort of parable.
It really happened, for it was reported to a witness by Frank himself exactly as I have told it, and it seems to me a very good little symbol of his state of mind.
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