i doubt.
i don't know if there are grounds for faith. is my vocation relevant? does it make a difference?
the world. the way it is. is this a way to help relieve suffering?
how can you be so sure?
you seem to me to be a sensitive and generous man.
do you think human beings are innately bad?
we are told not to judge. but to forgive. not to look into our neighbor's eye to find the bad, but to find the good. now this is difficult. i admit. but having a good friend is not always easy.
he needs help. our help. yours especially.
the best parts of himself come to the surface when he's helping someone learn. i've seen this. let yourself be taught. show your appreciation for his guidance. in this way, you know, perhaps. well. there's hope for everyone. even. even henry.
let us pray. lord, grant that peace be within reach for our friend, mary. may the pain and confusion she endured on earth be fought through in the after life, so that she may enter the kingdom of heaven and live in the light of god. amen.
i, henry, take you, fay to be my wife.
and do promise before god and these witnesses.
to be your loving and faithful husband.
in plenty and in want.
in joy and in sorrow.
in sickness and in health.
for as long as we both shall live.
bless, o lord, this ring, that he who gives it and she who wears it may abide in your peace and continue in your favor until their life's end.
whom god has joined, let no man separate.
what were the terms?
royalties?
well, that could be better. but it is a hundred thousand dollars up front. guaranteed money. you could use that.
of course it's good.
no. try to get him up to a hundred and fifty thousand.