He slept, and when he woke again, Mrs. Gaddson was standing over him, poised for attack with her Bible. “ ‘He will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt,’ ” she said as soon as he had opened his eyes. “ ‘Also every sickness and every plague, until thou be destroyed.’ ” “ ‘And ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy,’ ” Dunworthy murmured. “What?” Mrs. Gaddson demanded. “Nothing.” She had lost her place. She flipped back and forth through the pages, searching for pestilences, and began reading. “ ‘… Because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world.’ ” God would never have
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