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1 The woman appealed to the Doctor, for
she could not be cured. The Doctor had
the likeness of the Lord, and the Lord
spoke through him: ‘You are overcome by
a demon. When it is slain, it will harm
you no longer.’
2 The woman asked how the demon
should be slain, and the Doctor said there
was a man but that she must be the one
to find him.
3 The woman found a man who said he
could slay the demon, but he did not, for
he was a demon himself and full of
trickery. So the woman slew the man and
was not punished, for the King of the land
was glad to be rid of him.
4 She returned to the Doctor and told of
her failure. ‘Tell me the name of this
demon that has made me its home.’ But
this he would not reveal.
5 So again she set out. An angel took the
form of a crone and said, ‘Find the man in
the west whose name is “Slay”’.
6 So the woman found that man and he
said to her ‘God hath forbidden me to rid
you of this demon. But in the city to the
east there is a man who can help you.’
And he told her where to find him.
7 The man in the east was kind, so the
woman came to live with him. But he
was kind to the demon too, for he did not
kill it, but placed it in a box. And the
woman was healed, but still she feared
the demon and viewed the box askance.
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