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Stasheff, Christopher тАУ St Vidicon to the Rescue

Prologue

THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. VIDICON OF CATHODE

"Praise God, from Whom electrons flow! Praise Him, the Source of all we know! Whose order's in
the stellar host! For in machines, He is the Ghost!"

"Father Vidicon," Monsignor reproved, "that air has a blasphemous ring."

"Merely irreverent, Monsignor." Father Vidicon peered at the oscilloscope and adjusted the
pedestal on Camera Two. "But then, you're a Dominican."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"Simply that what you hear may not be what I said." Father Vidicon leaned over to the switcher and
punched up color bars.

"He has a point." Brother Anson looked up from the TBC circuit board he was diagnosing. "I
thought it quite reverent."

"You would; it was sung." The Monsignor knew that Brother Anson was a Franciscan. "How much
longer must I delay my rehearsal, Father Vidicon? I've an archbishop and two cardinals waiting!"

"You can begin when the camera tube decides to work, Monsignor." Father Vidicon punched up
Camera Two again, satisfied that the oscilloscope was reading correctly. "If you insist on bringing in
cardinals, you must be prepared for a breakdown."

"I really don't see why a red cassock would cause so much trouble," the Monsignor grumbled.

"You wouldn't; you're a director. But these old camera tubes just don't like red." Father Vidicon
adjusted the chrominance. "Of course, if you could talk His Holiness into affording a few digital
cameras тАж"


"Father Vidicon, you know what they cost! And we've been the Church of the Poor for a century!"

"Four centuries, more likely, MonsignorтАФever since Calvin lured the bourgeoisie away from us."

"We've as many Catholics as we had in 1355," Brother Anson maintained stoutly.


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