3 Calling to congratulate us all,
4 Especially Ned,
5 aWho he called The Rock Of My Parish,
6 bAnd my Number One representative up north,
7 Which hurt my feelings,
8 cBecause I, Willie, had also done what I was supposed to do,
9 dAnd had hired a bunch of people to come up with a bunch of great-sounding words for Harriers to say,
10 eAnd all was in readiness for the establishment of the Pontifical Harrier Parish in the United States,
11 fIncluding all the instructions and words for the Orders of Morning and Evening Brayer, gHarrification, Majority, Matrimony, the Burial of the Dead, and Harry's Consolation,
12 Not to mention the fact that I, Willie, had come nowhere close to making hseventy-eight million dollars on the deal,
13 And hadn't even gotten a really promising start on a career in show business or the law or politics or anything else,
14 Which I could only blame Harry for,
15 iIf I'd had the guts.
CHAPTER 341 But instead of giving me any credit for my good works,
2 jHarry asked me hard questions instead,
3 Like What have you done to spread my Word throughout the length and breadth of Philadelphia?
4 kAs I have told you, Philadelphia is the seat of my Parish,
5 And it would be embarrassing if my name were not on the lips of every citizen of every lneighborhood in the city of my birth.
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6 And so, Willie, I ask you again, what have you done in Philadelphia,
7 Besides come up with a mbunch of words for Harriers to say?
CHAPTER 351 Then, in my desperation, I cried out to Harry, saying,
2 Truly, I do not know what else you may require of me,
3 For no city in this Most Chosen Nation on Earth is more full of Harriers than Philadelphia,
4 And every neighborhood, and every street, and every home, and every school, and every place of business, and every office of any kind, and every campus and tenement is full to bursting with Harriers,
5 Who never think about anything at all,
6 And who live by your Trinity so fiercely that every neighborhood, and every street, and every home, and every school, and every place of business, and every office of any kind, and every campus and tenement is already falling apart,
7 From the inside out,
8 And everyone sees that this is so,
9 nAnd yet no one is responsible,
10 And every one of them blames somebody else,
11 And all of them are certain that nothing matters at all,
12 Except their own desires,
13 And I cannot see what else might be done to improve on this outstanding triumph of your Way.
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