“I’VE NEVER ONCE BEEN TO THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL,” AARON SAID, “EVEN THOUGH it’s right down the street.” “It’s nice,” Pam said. “Flora goes there to hang out with the Virgin Mary.” “She’s the bodhisattva Guan Yin,” he said. “Jesus spent most of his life in Kashmir, at least according to the Ahmadi Muslims. It’s one of those things the pope doesn’t want you to know about.” “Anglicans don’t do the pope,” Pam said. She was fond of Aaron already. He seemed to her a fearless rationalist—without a winning strategy, but unafraid to lose. Ginger said, “I thought she was the goddess Astarte.” “That’s
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