“The Brown Pope’s disappearance mirrors that of the Pope.”

“The Pope was very ill, sepsis or so it was reported, and this week he left hospital on a wheelchair and the media showed him waving to the crowds. The Brown Pope, so I heard, is also ill, and for quite a while – I mean I haven’t seen him walking rather loosely as he does in jeans since mid-February, though he does tweet quite regularly…… why are you laughing?”

“They say if you spend a lot of your time with anyone, you are likely to take on their habits.”

“And that is funny?”

“Well, the Brown Pope........

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