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Resource:	Book (B4907) The Great Divorce: A Dream
Author:	Lewis, C. S.
Publisher:	Harpercollins Publishers, 2001
Length:	146 pages
Subjects:	Theology
Location:	Theology shelves
# Copies:	1
ISBN/ISSN:	9780060652951
Description:	Chapter One It was a wonderful vehicle, blazing with golden light, heraldically coloured. The Driver himself seemed full of light and he used only one hand to drive with. The other he waved before his face as if to fan away the greasy steam of the rain. A growl went up from the queue as he came in sight. 'Looks as if "he had a good time of it, eh?... Bloody pleased with himself, I bet... My dear, why can't he behave "naturally? -- Thinks himself too good to look at us... Who does he imagine he is?... All that gilding and purple, I call it a wicked waste. Why don't they spend some of the money on their house property down here? -- God! I'd like to give him one in the ear-'ole.' I could see nothing in the countenance of the Driver to justify all this, unless it were that he had a look of authority and seemed intent on carrying out his job. My fellow passengers fought like hens to get on board the bus though there was plenty of room for us all. I was the last to get in. The bus was only half full and I selected a seat at the back, well away from the others. But a touslehaired youth at once came and sat down beside me. As he did so we moved off. 'I thought you wouldn't mind my tacking on to you, ' he said, 'for I've noticed that you feel just as I do about the present company. Why on earth they insist on coming I can't imagine. They won't like it at all when we get there, and they'd really be much more comfortable at home. It's different for you and me.' 'Do they "like this place?' I asked. 'As much as they'd like anything, ' he answered...
Age Groups:	High School; Young Adult; Adult (30-55); Adult (55+)

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