mock-bishop

Updated: July 22, 2025

"Four million sols," Bish said, "and wondering, the rest of your lives, whether it was justice or just murder." The Buddhist priest looked at him, a trifle startled. After all, he was the only clergyman in the crowd; he ought to have thought of that, instead of this outrageous mock-bishop. "I think it's a good scheme," Dad said. "Don't mass any more men around Hunters' Hall than necessary.

H. Beam Piper - Four-Day Planet