"According to Robert", says Astrid, "You, Melissa, strong-armed your way into Douglas' office while he was applying discipline to a recalcitrant member, and you violently assaulted him and took the recalcitrant member away to live with you both in your part of the house. That is insubordination and it is disunity, and I am not going to stand for any of that."
"That is what Robert told you?" says Melissa in toneless voice.
"More or less."
"Douglas was about to thrash a Roman Catholic priest whom he had somehow enslaved because he was black and Douglas wielded a diabolical power over everyone in this community. Francois was prostrated naked, and I had to go in there, shove Douglas out of the way so he couldn't harm him then get Francois out of there."
"You say that he's black."
"What difference does that make!" says Carl, almost yelling.
"Well, he is a descendant of Ham, one of the sons of Noah on whom God put a curse that he must serve his brethren for all time as a slave..."
"You actually believe that shit!" says Carl, now losing his temper."
"My son, that is in the Bible and the Bible happens to be the Word of God and about your use of language young man, and to speak that way to your own mother..."
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