Norman intercepted Faith at the gate . `` Kept my word , you see -- kept my word , Red Rose . I 'm free now till the first Sunday in December . Fine sermon , girl -- fine sermon . Your father has more in his head than he carries on his face . But he contradicted himself once -- tell him he contradicted himself . And tell him I want that brimstone sermon in December . Great way to wind up the old year -- with a taste of hell , you know . And what 's the matter with a nice tasty discourse on heaven for New Year 's ? Though it would n't be half as interesting as hell , girl -- not half . Only I 'd like to know what your father thinks about heaven -- he CAN think -- rarest thing in the world -- a person who can think . But he DID contradict himself . Ha , ha ! Here 's a question you might ask him sometime when he 's awake , girl . ` Can God make a stone so big He could n't lift it Himself ? ' Do n't forget now . I want to hear his opinion on it . I 've stumped many a minister with that , girl . '' Faith was glad to escape him and run home . Dan Reese , standing among the crowd of boys at the gate , looked at her and shaped his mouth into `` pig-girl , '' but dared not utter it aloud just there .
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