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Bosquinha smiled. "That is something like the tale that is whispered. Dom Crist o says it's nonsense, of course."
"It happens that San Angelo, back before he was sainted, attended my Speaking for a woman that he knew. The fungus in his blood was already killing him. He came to me and said, 'Andrew, they're already telling the most terrible lies about me, saying that I've done miracles and should be sainted. You must help me. You must tell the truth at my death.'"
"But the miracles have been certified, and he was canonized only ninety years after his death."
"Yes. Well, that's partly my fault. When I Spoke his death, I attested several of the miracles myself."
Now she laughed aloud. "A Speaker for the Dead, believing in miracles?"
"Look at your cathedral hill. How many of those buildings are for the priests, and how many are for the school?"
Bosquinha understood at once, and glared at him. "The Filhos da Mente de Cristo are obedient to the Bishop."
"Except that they preserve and teach all knowledge, whether the Bishop approves of it or not."
"San Angelo may have allowed you to meddle in affairs of the Church. I assure you that Bishop Peregrino will not."
"I've come to Speak a simple death, and I'll abide by the law. I think you'll find I do less harm than you expect, and perhaps more good."
"If you've come to Speak Pipo's death, Speaker pelos Mortos, then you will do nothing but harm. Leave the piggies behind the wall. If I had my way, no human being would pass through that fence again."
"I hope there's a room I can rent."
"We're an unchanging town here, Speaker. Everyone has a house here and there's nowhere else to go-- why would anyone maintain an inn? We can only offer you one of the small plastic dwellings the first colonists put up. It's small, but it has all the amenities."
"Since I don't need many amenities or much space, I'm sure it will be fine. And I look forward to meeting Dom Crist o. Where the followers of San Angelo are, the truth has friends."
Bosquinha sniffed and started the car again. As Ender intended, her preconceived notions of a Speaker for the Dead were now shattered. To think he had actually known San Angelo, and admired the Filhos. It was not what Bishop Peregrino had led them to expect.