No, no, Jesus would see the repentant sinner right, and I would never swear or fornicate or steal or lie again – I strove to remember the seven deadly sins, to make sure I missed none of them, and then cudgeled my brains for the Ten Commandments, so that I could promise never to break them again – although, mind you, I’ve never set up a graven image in my life.
Royal Flash, p.203, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.
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