“Down we go,” said Paddy. “Now pray to Saint Anthony if you be a good Catholic—”
“I'm not,” snapped Fay, “and if you'll give more mind to the boat and less to religion we’ll gain by it.”

— Jack Vance , book The Five Gold Bands

Source: The Five Gold Bands (1950), Chapter 11 (p. 131)

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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