Аннотация
Robert A. Heinlein
JOB: A Comedy of Justice
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:
Therefore despise not thou the chastening of
The Almighty.
Job 5:17
Chapter 1
When thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned.
Isaiah 43:2
THE FIRE pit was about twenty-five feet long by ten feet wide, and perhaps two feet deep. The fire had been burning for hours. The bed of coals gave off a blast of heat almost unbearable even back where I was seated, fifteen feet from the side of the pit, in the second row of tourists.
I had given up my front-row seat to one of the ladies from the ship, delighted to accept the shielding offered by her well-fed carcass. I was tempted to move still farther back... but I did want to see the fire walkers close up. How often does one get to view a miracle?
'It's a hoax,' the Well-Traveled Man said. 'You'll see.'
'Not really a hoax, Gerald,' the Authority-on-Everything denie...
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