prepared lunch in the kitchen. By the way,
there's a very irritable young man in there who has been following you
for the last few hous. Apparently he was supposed to see to your safety
and you avoided him."
153 "He's a damned good tracker!" laughed North, "I'll have to
recommend him for a promotion."
154 The lunch was delicious- Hashon rabbit, baked in bread crumbs, with
rice and Hashon beans, plus plenty of juice. North's Security Man sat
at the other end of the table giving him dirty looks, but saying
nothing.
155 After lunch North went back to The Test. He had to admit,
The Laws gave him some trouble. There were two questions he had to
skip. He just didn't know the answers, but he got the rest, or he
HOPED! He closed the book just as the Speaker entered. "Wait a few
minutes," the Speaker suggested. "I'll give you your results. The first
Test was EXCELLENT! You did better than I did!"
156 A few minutes later he returned. "98%" he announced, on that Test!
Here's your certificate. You can apply at any Temple to take The Bread
And The Wine, or to any private Speaker if you so wish."
157 "Thank you!" said North.
158 "Congratulations, sir!" praised the Security Man. "I only got 79%!
And they said THAT was good!"
159 North headed home. When he told his wives he had taken The Test,
they were overjoyed! "Where are you going to have the Ceremony?" asked
North's Hashon wife.
160 "Wherever Morn wants to perform it," North announced. "Anyways, I'm
in hopes he'll do the honors."
161 North's Haven wife laughed. "I don't think you even need to ask
him. He's probably already planning the Ceremony and Celebration!
162 You know you really ought to have a woman to take The Bread And The
Wine with you. They always try to arrange it that way. My cousin just
took her Tests.