"Yes, Maryant.  Ouch!  Women should not be so muscular.  Jubal, as a scientist, I find Michael the greatest prize of my career.  As a Muslim, I find in him a willingness to submit to the will of God... and this makes me happy for his sake, although I readily admit that there are great semantic difficulties and as yet he does not seem to grok what the English word 'God' means." He shrugged. "Nor the Arabic word 'Allah' But as a man - and always a Slave of God - I love this young man, our foster son and water brother, and I would not have him come under bad influences.  Quite aside from his creed, this Digby strikes me as a bad influence.  What do you think?"