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"
Then
keep
it
to
yourself
.
I
think
it
is
a
lot
of
pious
poppycock
,
suitable
for
enriching
lawns
.
I
think
it
is
a
superstition
burned
into
the
boy
’
s
brain
at
so
early
an
age
that
he
stands
no
chance
of
ever
breaking
loose
from
it
.
"
"
Jill
talks
as
if
she
believed
it
.
"
"
At
all
other
times
you
will
hear
me
talk
as
if
I
believed
it
,
too
.
Ordinary
politeness
.
One
of
my
most
valued
friends
believes
in
astrology
;
I
would
never
offend
her
by
telling
her
what
I
think
of
it
.
The
capacity
of
a
human
mind
to
believe
devoutly
in
what
seems
to
me
to
be
the
highly
improbable
–
from
table
tapping
to
the
superiority
of
their
own
children
–
has
never
been
plumbed
.
Faith
strikes
me
as
intellectual
laziness
,
but
I
don
’
t
argue
with
it
–
especially
as
I
am
rarely
in
a
position
to
prove
that
it
is
mistaken
.
Negative
proof
is
usually
impossible
.
Mike
’
s
faith
in
his
‘
Old
Ones
’
is
surely
no
more
irrational
than
a
conviction
that
the
dynamics
of
the
universe
can
be
set
aside
through
prayers
for
rain
.
Furthermore
,
he
has
the
weight
of
evidence
on
his
side
;
he
has
been
there
.
I
haven
’
t
.
"
"
Mmm
,
Jubal
,
I
’
ll
confess
to
a
sneaking
suspicion
that
immortality
is
a
fact
–
but
I
’
m
glad
that
my
grandfather
’
s
ghost
doesn
’
t
continue
to
exercise
any
control
over
me
.
He
was
a
cranky
old
devil
.
"
"
And
so
was
mine
.
And
so
am
I
.
But
is
there
any
really
good
reason
why
a
citizen
’
s
franchise
should
be
voided
simply
because
he
happens
to
be
dead
?
Come
to
think
of
it
,
the
precinct
I
was
raised
in
had
a
very
large
graveyard
vote
–
almost
Martian
.
Yet
the
town
was
a
pleasant
one
to
live
in
.
As
may
be
,
our
lad
Mike
can
’
t
own
anything
because
the
‘
Old
Ones
’
already
own
everything
.
So
you
see
why
I
have
had
trouble
explaining
to
him
that
he
owns
over
a
million
shares
of
Lunar
Enterprises
,
plus
the
Lyle
Drive
,
plus
assorted
chattels
and
securities
?
It
doesn
’
t
help
that
the
original
owners
are
dead
;
that
makes
it
worse
,
they
are
‘
Old
Ones
’
–
and
Mike
wouldn
’
t
dream
of
sticking
his
nose
into
the
business
of
‘
Old
Ones
.
’
"
"
Uh
?
damn
it
,
he
’
s
obviously
legally
incompetent
.
"
"
Of
course
he
is
.
He
can
’
t
manage
property
because
he
doesn
’
t
believe
in
its
mystique
–
any
more
than
I
believe
in
his
ghosts
.
Ben
,
all
that
Mike
owns
at
the
present
time
is
a
toothbrush
I
gave
him
–
and
he
doesn
’
t
know
he
owns
that
.
If
you
took
it
away
from
him
,
he
wouldn
’
t
object
,
he
wouldn
’
t
even
mention
it
to
me
–
he
would
simply
assume
conclusively
that
the
‘
Old
Ones
’
had
authorized
the
change
.
"
Jubal
sighed
.
"
So
he
is
incompetent
?
even
though
he
can
recite
the
law
of
property
verbatim
.
Such
being
the
case
I
shan
’
t
allow
his
competency
to
be
tried
?
nor
even
mentioned
–
for
what
guardian
would
be
appointed
?
"
