9/12 I can faithfully carry a message and loyally serve those who trust me. I would have some money to spend, which I have never had. I wish to live a life worth living, wherein is pleasure and pain, the lack of sameness, and the joy of things new. And if that may not be--why, I am ready to die, that I may make proof whether there be anything better beyond." "A most philosophic creed," cried the marshal. "Well, there is one thing in which I can prove, if indeed you lie not. |