9 ''He is in line of succession," answered
Spearon, "but I am not sure The Council Of Elders and The Council Of
Priests will accept him. You, as well as they, see the problems. Of
course fate may take a hand."
10 The door opened and The High Priest, accompanied by his four escorts
entered. "I hope," joked The High Priest, "Lord North has not been
speaking some blasphemy that we have not had the opportunity to answer!"
11 "We were discussing whether or not a man could marry with honor
after his first wife had died," Spearon answered, "but we have
discussed that before, and know your feelings on it."
12 "Lord Change forbade," answered the Priest.
13 "Even though he said nothing on the matter, whatever?" inquired
North.
14 "He said 'a husband and wife must forever be faithful to
one-another;" answered The High Priest. "To me that is enough!"
15 "I wonder," questioned North, "if the 'forever' was spoken by Lord
Change, or added by some Priest later, so that the message would more
closely follow his own beliefs? It does not fit with the rest of Lord
Change's statements, which were far more liberal."
16 "You know so little of Change," argued The High Priest. "You have
read his Book perhaps once. I have read it a thousand times! I think I
can interpret it better than you!"
17 "We have covered this ground several times!" suggested another
Priest. "Let us talk about other things. I am fascinated by this Hashon
idea that some of their Speakers can speak for The Dead, and actually
bring messages from your Loved Ones. This I would very much like
to see! And I was wondering if Lord North had this power? I have seen
and heard of him doing other great things .... can The Dead speak
through you, also?"
18 North laughed. "First of all," he explained,