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Why Jesus Wept
Why Jesus Wept (1904), PDF p. 89
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WHY JESUS WEPT
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SIR HERPES Z.
What ? And he a Highlander ?
SIR GRABSON J.
It seems that was a mere disguise ; his true name was
Johann Schmidt.
SIR HERPES Z.
So ? Why the deception ?
SIR GRABSON J.
A Jesuit, no doubt ! But about Lady Percivale now ?
SIR HERPES Z.
Better and better. Old Farmer Tyson, luckily enough,
as it turned out, insisted on examination; and no less than
twenty-three skilled surgeons — all men of note ! — declared
her to be virgo intacta.
SIR GRABSON J.
Eh ? What ?
SIR HERPES Z.
You see, Englishmen — ah !
SIR GRABSON J.
Er—ah ?
SIR HERPES Z.
Ah !
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