a minister walked up and stood behind the coffin , almost like the coffin was a pulpit or something , and talked a little bit about how augustus had a courageous battle and how his heroism in the face of illness was an inspiration to us all , and i was already starting to get pissed off at the minister when he said , `` in heaven , augustus will finally be healed and whole , '' implying that he had been less whole than other people due to his leglessness , and i kind of could not repress my sigh of disgust .