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TONY'S parties were always swell. This wildly extemporized party of his might have been justified by some outstanding achievement.
Not a tactful party, with Shaun O'Donnell resting under earth and the weight of truck loads of flowers. It was bad luck for Shaun that the bishop refused him burial in consecrated ground. His shrill wife protested violently. There were actually cables despatched to the Holy See, but nothing came of that. In the unblessed ground he lay for at least a month. Then loyal hands dug him up and laid him at the very feet of the bishop's predecessor.