Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon: a Novel
“The Risen Christ bobbed his head up and down and up and down, grinning into his beard. They sat on the bottom step.
‘Have you always been the Risen Christ?’ asked Moon. ‘Or did you – become him?’ ‘Well I must have been him afore I knew it meself, you see sir.’ ‘And what made you think you were him? How did it begin?’ ‘Ah well, sir, I always wanted to be him, you see, I always felt I could be him. Of course that was before I knew about the physical similarities, you understand.’ ‘Physical simila...rities?’ ‘Oh yes. The pictures of him in the books, it’s all the malarkey. Big strappin’ feller with blue eyes and yeller hair, you’ve seen them. It’s all rubbish.’ ‘Well, different races see the Saviour in their own image,’ said Moon. ‘Black sometimes.’ ‘Possibly, possibly. But I’ll tell you what – there’s only one man who described him at the time, you know, and that was a class of a Russian of the name of Josephus, and Josephus wrote down what he looked like, and that was a little dark feller five-foot four inches high with a hook nose and eyebrows that met in the middle.MoreLess
‘Have you always been the Risen Christ?’ asked Moon. ‘Or did you – become him?’ ‘Well I must have been him afore I knew it meself, you see sir.’ ‘And what made you think you were him? How did it begin?’ ‘Ah well, sir, I always wanted to be him, you see, I always felt I could be him. Of course that was before I knew about the physical similarities, you understand.’ ‘Physical simila...rities?’ ‘Oh yes. The pictures of him in the books, it’s all the malarkey. Big strappin’ feller with blue eyes and yeller hair, you’ve seen them. It’s all rubbish.’ ‘Well, different races see the Saviour in their own image,’ said Moon. ‘Black sometimes.’ ‘Possibly, possibly. But I’ll tell you what – there’s only one man who described him at the time, you know, and that was a class of a Russian of the name of Josephus, and Josephus wrote down what he looked like, and that was a little dark feller five-foot four inches high with a hook nose and eyebrows that met in the middle.MoreLess
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