From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Don_from_AZ   wrote:   
   >William Hyde  writes:   
   >> James Nicoll wrote:   
   >>> Nicked by M. T. Anderson   
   >>> A pious monk is dispatched on a mission about which he has serious   
   >>> reservations: steal the bones of St. Nicolas.   
   >>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/holy-fool   
   >>>   
   >> Anthony Boucher thought "The Quest for Saint Aquin" was is best story.   
   >>   
   >> This also involved a pair of searchers.  One holy one, one sarcastic donkey.   
   >>   
   >In that story, I think it was a mechanical donkey: i.e. a "robass".   
      
   Yes, it was an ingenious conjunction of Sancho Panza and his steed in one.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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