Thomas Kinkade HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS painting

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was indicating to the guard his wish to return to his cell.
"Max," I pleaded, "I need advice, and I want to get you out of here, and all you can think about is your old suffering. That's selfish!"
For just a moment his irritating calm gave way, and I heard him say,"Ach, I hate it too." Then the guard led him out and Stoker came around to fetch me.
"Didn't I tell you?"
"It's your doing as much as Bray's, I'll bet," I said."Passèd are the flunked! What kind of an idea is that?"
He shook his head sympathetically. "Isn't it a scream? You and I, George -- we're the only ones who see what a phony Bray is. He's even Certifiedme!" From his jacket pocket he drew the inevitable sheepskin, on which over Bray's signature was, as always, a quotation from the Founder's Scroll -- in this case,Verily the railer against Me shall fetch himself in fury to My feet, while the light yea-sayer standeth off a respectful way. Presume, if ye would Pass.
"Doesn't that beat all?"
I turned away. "You're no Candidate."
Stoker laughed and herded me to the lift. "Of course I'm not! I'm the flunkèdest flunker on campus! So Bray's a fake, right? Or else" -- he swatted me in the back -- "only the flunkèd are really passed, hey? And the passèd are all flunked