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-Who's the old gentleman there?
-My father.
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l like his face.
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-And this Madonna?
-The Madonna of Kazan' .
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My mother made a pilgrimage
to the Shrine of Miracles to get it for me.
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lt's about 1 00 miles from our town.
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She walked all the way.
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What is it supposed to do?
:39:21
-ring you luck?
-Oh, no. lt guards you from evvil.
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l had to kneel before the altar...
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...and promise Mother l would always
keep a flame burning before it.
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-And havve you?
-Of course.
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My orderly has taken care of it
all the time l'vve been away.
:39:37
You're a strange boy.
:39:40
Who lovves you.
:39:42
Do you?
:39:44
l lovve you as one adores sacred things.
:39:49
What sacred things?
:39:51
God...
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...country...
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...honor...
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...you.
:39:58
-l come last?
-No.
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-That's how you said it.
-You come first.
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efore anything.
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efore...
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...anything?
:40:12
Yes.
:40:19
There is so much light in here.
:40:42
Put out that one too.
:40:49
-The Madonna's lamp?
-Yes.
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l couldn't do that.
:40:54
You said l came first.
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ut don't you understand
that it's a holy lamp?
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That l swore to keep it burning?