Chapter 79

“Satan’s archangel,” Father Jon repeated and then snorted. He suddenly remembered Judas’s irritating habit of blurting out impossibilities as if they were everyday occurrences and expecting him to believe them.

“Well, he was Satan’s archangel, until he got kicked out of Hell.”

“Why do you do that?”

“What?”

“You come in here telling me you have Satan’s archangel with you and expect me to believe it. Judas, my God! You’ve asked me to believe a lot of things, but this is a little too ridiculous even for you.”

“But he isSatan’s archangel! Why would I lie?”

Father Jon shook his head and rolled his eyes. “All right, he’s Satan’s archangel. Whatever you say. So what happened to his clothes?”