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considered them vulgar and destructive of good morals. By her values
Mother was correct; Mr Clemens was clearly subversive by the standards of
all тАЪright-thinkingтАЩ people.
I am forced to assume that Mother could spot an immoral book by its odour,
as she never, never actually read anything by Mr Clemens.
So those books stayed in the clinic and I devoured them there, along with
other books never seen in the parlour-not just medical books, but such
outright subversion as the lectures of Colonel Robert Ingersoll and (best of
all) the essays of Thomas Henry Huxley.
IтАЩll never forget the afternoon I read Professor HuxleyтАЩs essay on тАЪThe
Gaderene SwineтАЩ.
тАЪFather,тАЩ I said in deep excitement, тАЪtheyтАЩve lied to us all along!тАЩ
тАЪProbably,тАЩ he agreed. тАЪWhat are you reading?тАЩ
I told him. тАЪWell, youтАЩve read enough of it for today; Professor Huxley is
strong medicine. LetтАЩs talk for a while.
How are you doing with the Ten Commandments? Got your final version?тАЩ
тАЪMaybe,тАЩ I answered.
тАЪHow many are there now?тАЩ
тАЪSixteen, I think.тАЩ
тАЪToo many.тАЩ
тАЪIf you would just let me chuck the first five -тАЪ
тАЪNot while youтАЩre under my roof and eating at my table. You see me attending
church and singing hymns, do you not? I donтАЩt even sleep during the sermon.
Maureen, rubbing blue mud in your belly button is an indispensable survival
skill... everywhere, anywhere. LetтАЩs hear your latest version of the first five.тАЩ
тАЪFather, you are a horrid man and you will come to a bad end.тАЩ
тАЪNot as long as I can keep dodging them. Quit stalling.тАЩ
тАЪYes, sir. First Commandment: Thou shalt pay public homage to the god
favoured by the majority without giggling or even smiling behind your hand.тАЩ
тАЪGo on.тАЩ
тАЪThou shalt not make any graven image of a sort that could annoy the powers
that be, especially Mrs Grundy - and, exempli gratia, this is why your
anatomy book doesnтАЩt show the clitoris. Mrs Grundy wouldnтАЩt like it because
she doesnтАЩt have one.тАЩ
тАЪOr possibly has one the size of a banana,тАЩ my father answered, тАЪbut doesnтАЩt
want anyone to find out. Censorship is never logical but, like cancer, it is
dangerous to ignore it when it shows up. Darling daughter, the purpose of the
second commandment is simply to reinforce the first. A тАЮgraven imageтАЬ is any
idol that could rival the official god; it has nothing to do with sculpture or
etchings. Go on.тАЩ
тАЪThou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in vain... which means donтАЩt
swear, not even Jiminy or Golly or darn, or use any of those four-letter words,
or anything that Mother might consider vulgar. Father, there is something
here that doesnтАЩt make sense. Why is тАЮvaginaтАЬ a good word while тАЮcuntтАЬ is a
bad word? Riddle me that.тАЩ
тАЪBoth are bad words out of your mouth, youngster, unless you are talking to
me... in which case you will use the medical Latin out of respect for my
vocation and my grey hair. You are permitted to say the Anglo-Saxon
synonym under your breath if it pleasures you.тАЩ
тАЪSomehow it does, and I havenтАЩt been able to analyse why. Number four -тАЪ