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And He will judge and will forgive all, the good and the evil, the wise and the meek . . . And when He has done with all of them, then He will summon us. __ou too come forth,_ He will say, __ome forth ye drunkards, come forth, ye weak ones, come forth, ye children of shame!_ And we shall all come forth, without shame and shall stand before him. And He will say unto us, __e are swine, made in the Image of the Beast and with his mark; but come ye also!_ And the wise ones and those of understanding will say, __h Lord, why dost Thou receive these men?_ And He will say, __his is why I receive them, oh ye wise, this is why I receive them, oh ye of understanding, that not one of them believed himself to be worthy of this._ And He will hold out His hands to us and we shall fall down before him . . . and we shall weep . . . and we shall understand all things! Then we shall understand everything! . . . and all will understand

It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners.

I'm the furthest thing from an angel my love, if anything I'm the devil.""Maybe all the devil wanted was love.

And John Kearns whispered into my ear: "Do you see it now? *You* are the nest. *You* are the hatchling. *You* are the chrysalis. *You* are the progeny. *You* are the rot that falls from the stars. All of us--you and I and poor, dear Pellinore. Behold the face of the magnificum, child. And despair."Though I was sickened by the sight, I looked. In the bower of the beast at the top of the world, I beheld the face of the magnificum, and I did not turn away.