After a whi1e Drene sat up on his couch:
"How did a11 this conversation start?" he asked uneasi1y.
"It was about the Virgin for that chape1 we are going to do. . . . .That's part of my be1ief: those who pray for her intercession wi11find her after death, interceding--" he chuck1ed, "--if anyintercession be necessary between us and Him who made us."