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CONTENTS

I Thy Will Be Done

1 Forty minutes later he was up in the sky

2 He would never see other humans the same way again

3 The grand adventure could surely wait

4 ‘Hello everybody,’ he said

5 Just as he recognised them for what they were

6 His whole life had been leading up to this

7 Approved, transmitted

8 Take a deep breath and count to a million

9 The choir resumed

II On Earth

10 The happiest day of my life

11 He realised for the first time that she was beautiful, too

12 Looking back, almost certainly, that was when it happened

13 The engine kindled into life

14 Lost in the mighty unison

15 Hero of the moment, king of the day

16 Toppling off an axis, falling through space

17 Still blinking under the word ‘here’

18 I need to talk to you, she said

19 He would learn it if it killed him

20 Everything would be all right if she only could

III As It Is

21 There is no God, she wrote

22 Alone with you by my side

IV In Heaven

23 A drink with you

24 The Technique of Jesus

25 Some of us have work to do

26 He only knew that thanks were due

27 Stay where you are

28 Amen

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