house to house in their little suits like beggars for The Collection.And will they take any of that money and send it to the little black babies in Africa? Will they think of those little pagans doomed forever for lack of baptism and knowledge of the True Faith? Little black babies denied knowledge of the Mystical Body of Christ? Limbo is packed with  little  black  babies  flying  around  and  crying  for  their  mothers because they’ll never be admitted to the ineffable presence of Our Lord and the glorious company of saints, martyrs, virgins. Oh, no. It’s off to the  cinemas,  our  First  Communion  boys  run  to  wallow  in  the  filth spewed across the world by the devil’s henchmen in Hollywood. Isn’t that right, McCourt? ’Tis, sir. Question Quigley raises his hand again.There are looks around the room and we wonder if it’s suicide he’s after. What’s henchmen, sir? The  master’s  face  goes  white,  then  red.  His  mouth  tightens  and opens and spit flies everywhere. He walks to Question and drags him from his seat. He snorts and stutters and his spit flies around the room. He flogs Question across the shoulders, the bottom, the legs. He grabs him by the collar and drags him to the front of the room. Look at this specimen, he roars. Question is shaking and crying. I’m sorry, sir. The master mocks him. I’m sorry, sir.What are you sorry for? I’m sorry I asked the question. I’ll never ask a question again, sir. The day you do, Quigley, will be the day you wish God would take you to His bosom.What will you wish, Quigley? That God will take me to His bosom, sir. Go back to your seat, you omadhaun, you poltroon, you thing from the far dark corner of a bog. He sits down with the stick before him on the desk. He tells Ques- tion to stop the whimpering and be a man. If he hears a single boy in this class asking foolish questions or talking about The Collection again he’ll flog that boy till the blood spurts. What will I do, boys? Flog the boy, sir. Till? Till the blood spurts, sir. Now, Clohessy, what is the Sixth Commandment? 119