"Don't crab at me about it; take it up with Mike.  But believe me, he made it sound convincing.  Once he stopped and said, 'You must be tired of so much talk-' and they yelled back, 'No!'-I tell you, he really had them.  But he protested that his voice was tired and, anyhow, a church ought to have miracles and this was a church, even though it didn't have a mortgage. 'Dawn, fetch me my miracle box.' Then he did some really amazing sleight-of-hand.  Did you know he had been a magician with a carnival?"