Right on cue, Tallulah appeared in the spotlight, magnificent in wings and halo. She pointed her wand at Noah—Art had tried to explain that angels didn’t have wands, but Tallulah, for whom the line between angel and fairy was somewhat blurred, had insisted—and said, “Mary, you’re going to have a baby! He’s the son of God and his name will be Jesus!” “Mary was pretty surprised to hear this,” said Art, and paused for Noah to do his surprised face, which looked a little like Munch’s The Scream. “And due to decades of Tory government austerity and the inadequacy of Universal Credit, Mary and
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