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The Magistrate
You came out today?
The Poorly Dressed Man
Today.
The Magistrate
[Indicating the crimson sea of clouds.] How long were you in there?
The Poorly Dressed Man
Thirteen years.
The Magistrate
Officer, you went to earth with him?
The First
Yes, sir.
The Magistrate
Stephan Kadar, after thirteen years of purification by fire you returned to earth to give proof that your soul had been burned clean. What good deed did you perform?
The Poorly Dressed Man
When I came to the village and looked in the window of our cottage I saw my poor little orphans sleeping peacefully. But it was raining and the rain beat into the room through a hole in the roof.
