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.""Have you a place to stay?" asked Smith."Chiun and I are thinking of buying a house.""Well, I can't stop you.But I must caution against a permanent address.Security, you understand.""Caution away.But we're buying a house.With a white picket fence.And maybea garden.""With melons," added Chiun."Let me know the instant you pass papers," Smith said.Page 93 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Don't worry, Smitty.We'll be sending you the bill.You coming, Chiun?""One moment, Remo.I must confer with my emperor.Please be so good as tocheck my trunks for damage.""Gotcha," said Remo, skipping down the hall."He appears to be very happy," Smith remarked quietly."He will get over it.Remo's happiness has always been as fleeting as thespring snows.""Does this have anything to do with his recent religious awakening?""No, Remo's religious reawakening was like his moods.When it was strong, itfilled the room.I do not know what brought it on, but Reverend Sluggard'sfalse words put it back to sleep.""That is probably for the best.In our line of work there is no room forspiritual questioning.""Besides, I have instructed him in the Sinanju beliefs," Chiun said proudly."All vestiges of his old religion, the names of gods and the superstitions,have been purged from his mind."At that moment Remo poked his head in."Hey, Chiun what's the holdup? Jesus,Mary, and Joseph.Shake a leg, will ya!""Then again," Chiun said darkly, "what can you do with someone after theChurch of Rome has had him for his first twenty summers?"Page 94
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