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"What is the meaning of all this", sputters Lawrence. "What is the meaning of anything", responds Jesus. "Who are you", says Lawrence. "And where are your parents." "They are both right here." He calls, "Mary. Joseph. You are both needed here." And out come this most peculiar elderly couple. they are dressed in elegant, upper class English country tweeds, with white hair. The woman's hair is wild, sticking out in all directions. Despite their years, they appear both straight, tall and strong. Very tall, almost seven feet tall. "I said your parents, not your grandparents", says Lawrence, frowning. "These are my parents", says Jesus. The old woman says, "but our son here is older than we are. Much much older.... "And I am his stepfather", says the old man