Grace

A story by Marcel Aymé, translated by Karen Reshkin
Copyright 2002, All rights reserved

The first thing she did when her husband got home was to throw a hysterical fit, and when she came to herself, she said in a hard-edged voice:

"For the last time, I'm asking you to get rid of that halo. You can do it. And you know very well that you can do it."

He hung his head, not daring to ask how she thought he ought to proceed, but she added, "It's simple. You just have to commit a sin."

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