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<DIV>Oh dear, I’ve done it again. I never think that I’ll be taken
seriously!</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">From Gibbon’s </FONT><I
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Fall</FONT></I></SPAN></A></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: ole_link1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">When rumours were bruited that the Nazarene had survived
the crucifixion, Pontius Pilate interpreted this as a slur on the efficiency of
his administration.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He attempted to
dismiss such claims with inappropriate levity.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If men sealed a cave with a stone, he
said, there was nothing <U>sinister</U> in the <U>dexterity</U> with which other
men might remove it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As for the
concubine in the garden, he considered that her wits had been softened in the
course of her profession.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As the
rumours increased, however, he sought the assistance of the Sadducees, Pharisees
and Samaritans, but unfortunately their internecine hatreds overpowered their
evidentiary abilities, thus destroying the confidence and exciting the
resentment of Pilate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When he heard
several weeks later that the supposed survivor had ascended into the empyrean
leaving no trace behind, his relief was tempered with anxiety, for he knew that
it is easier to behead a man than a chimera.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kllevenback@att.net
href="mailto:kllevenback@att.net">kllevenback@att.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 03, 2012 12:08 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com
href="mailto:stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com">Stuart N. Clarke</A> ; <A
title=vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vwoolf] The store detective's
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<DIV>How curious, Stuart.</DIV>
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<DIV>Where and when was this recorded?</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers--</DIV>
<DIV>Karen Levenback</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Stuart N. Clarke
<stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com><BR><B><SPAN
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vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, October 3, 2012 6:33:24
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Vwoolf] The store
detective's account<BR></FONT><BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">“Another theft to-day. This woman—obviously a lady even
tho’ she looked as if she’d been dragged through a hedge backwards—was trying on
a jacket. The daft thing put her handbag under her mangy fur coat for a minute
and then turned back. Of course it had gone. We had seen you-know-who, but it
was too late to catch her. This Mrs. Woolf doesn’t have an account with Marshall
& Snelgrove’s, so we couldn’t advance her anything officially. More fool me,
but I took pity on the poor soul and lent her ten shillings. Hope she doesn’t
lose my address—she seemed as if she’d lose her head if it wasn’t screwed on!
Talk about vague and odd-looking. Anyway, I found her in the tel. book. She’s
something to do with publishing in Tavistock Sq.,
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