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Chapter 9
—Yousawhisghostthen,saysJoe,Godbetweenusandharm.
—What?saysAlf.GoodChrist,onlyfive...What?...AndWillyMurraywithhim,thetwoofthemtherenearwhatdoyoucallhim’s...What?Dignamdead?
—WhataboutDignam?saysBobDoran.Who’stalkingabout...?
—Dead!saysAlf.He’snomoredeadthanyouare.
—Maybeso,saysJoe.Theytookthelibertyofburyinghimthismorninganyhow.
—Paddy?saysAlf.
—Ay,saysJoe.Hepaidthedebtofnature,Godbemercifultohim.
—GoodChrist!saysAlf.
Begobhewaswhatyoumightcallflabbergasted.
Inthedarknessspirithandswerefelttoflutterandwhenprayerbytantrashadbeendirectedtotheproperquarterafaintbutincreasingluminosityofrubylightbecamegraduallyvisible,theapparitionoftheethericdoublebeingparticularlylifelikeowingtothedischargeofjivicraysfromthecrownoftheheadandface.Communicationwaseffectedthroughthepituitarybodyandalsobymeansoftheorangefieryandscarletraysemanatingfromthesacralregionandsolarplexus.Questionedbyhisearthnameastohiswhereaboutsintheheavenworldhestatedthathewasnowonthepathofprālāyāorreturnbutwasstillsubmittedtotrialatthehandsofcertainbloodthirstyentitiesonthelowerastrallevels.Inreplytoaquestionastohisfirstsensationsinthegreatdividebeyondhestatedthatpreviouslyhehadseenasinaglassdarklybutthatthosewhohadpassedoverhadsummitpossibilitiesofatmicdevelopmentopeneduptothem.
