Over dinner, Guy proceeded to tell me about an excerpt from the Bible he read in The Gold Delusion. It was about a country named Sodom occupied by men and ruled called Lot. Guy doesn’t explain what goes on there because it is quite self-explanatory.
I am poking and putting some tuna jacket potato in my mouth when I start to feel sick.
He goes on anyway, saying that God sent two of his angels down to Lot. All the men of Sodom ask their leader to hand the angels over to them so they can get to know them better.
I don’t know. I think I am eating faster before I get too sick to eat. I wonder if he can see me slouching and avoiding eye contact with not a smile in my face. I think he is talking faster to get the story in. I don’t interrupt.
He says that instead of handing over the angels, Lot gives them his two virgin daughters so that they can clear their sins. I am a bit slow so I didn’t see a problem with that.. in my mind I thought of it as more of a symbolic gesture of putting women (and more than two) into these people’s lives. Guy exclaims, “Can you imagine, to stop them from doing what they were doing, he’s handing over his two daughters to get gang raped!”
By then, I told him that even though I am resistant to discussing loo matters over food, this was one step too far. Maybe three months ago, I’d have just thought it a ridiculous subject but now, after all the hurt, confusion and pain plus that sickening feeling.. really.. did you not see my face saying, “Stop. Shut up?”