Thursday, December 18, 2008

Titian Sacred and Profane Love [detail] painting

Titian Sacred and Profane Love [detail] paintingTitian Bacchus and Ariadne paintingLorenzo Lotto St Catherine of Alexandria painting
Sheen’s creeping smile froze before it fully formed. “What?”“Do you,” Ethan asked, “believe in freedom of religion or are you one of those who think the United States Constitution guarantees you freedom from religion?”Blinking the smile out of his eyes, licking it off his lips, the paramedic said, “Sure, of course, freedom of religion, who doesn’t believe in it?”“If we were to obtain a warrant to search your residence right now,” Hazard said, “,” Hazard said solemnly, “maybe you’d be smart to give him a call.”Still not sure what to believe, Sheen backed away another step, two, then pivoted from them and hurried toward the dayroom in which ambulance crews waited to be dispatched.“SWAT team, my ass,” Hazard grumbled.Ethan smiled. “You da man.”would we find a collection of anti-Christian hate literature, Mr. Sheen?”“What? Me? I don’t hate anybody. I’m a get-along guy. What’re you talking about?”“Would we find bomb-making materials?” Ethan asked.As Sheen’s smirk had frozen and cracked apart under Hazard’s cold [383] stare, so now the color drained from his face, leaving him as gray as the unpainted concrete walls of the ambulance garage.Backing away from Hazard and Ethan, raising his hands as if to call a time-out, Sheen said, “What is this? Are you serious? This is crazy. What—there’s a two-dollar Christmas ornament missing, so I should get a lawyer?”“If you have one

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