[My father] had spent his own short time like a priest in charge of a relic, forever expecting the blessed blood to liquefy.
Mavis Gallant (2011). “Varieties of Exile”, p.136, New York Review of Books
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[My father] had spent his own short time like a priest in charge of a relic, forever expecting the blessed blood to liquefy.