Daemonomania, p. 264-299
Pierce goes to visit the pastor of the Danish Brethren to ask her opinion on the Powerhouse. She points out that many religious movements are seen as heretical cults when they are new, including her own. Pierce goes on to the library and looks it up in a couple of reference books, scaring himself with what he reads. He considers going to see Beau, but doesn't; inside, Sam and Beau play Chutes and Ladders.
Pierce argues with Rose as she tells him about her studies in Conurbana (reminding me of myself hectoring my fundy mother as a teenager) and she spontaneously speaks in tongues. Rosie says hi to them both in a bar, and Pierce gives her the idea for a Christmas costume party at Butterman's. Pierce continues to argue with Rose into the night, then is awakened by the water freezing in the pipe.
Rose leaves in a hurry, but sends Pierce a letter trying to explain her faith. Her offhand comment about the Jews suffering in hell sends Pierce mad with horror at her cruel Biblical literalism, and he begins writing her a letter of his own. He feels everything going wrong around him: the frozen pipe, his writing deadline, his relationship, even his own heart, and on top of it all reads that Barnabas is about to become a Bible college. (An unexpected use of the recurring phrase "All that stuff is coming back", this time in the mouth of Earl Sacrabosco.)
Pierce has a nightmare that heavies from the Powerhouse come to confront him about his letter to Rose, using telekinesis to put the fear into him. Axel calls in the middle of the night. Val visits Butterman's with Rosie and delivers her natal chart (Rosie is a Pisces) advising her to be careful in her legal dealings with Mike, and that she should take the job with the Foundation, based on her planetary aspects. They share a joke about Una Knox.
Rose comes to visit Pierce again, and they go up to the big house to look around. Based on his letter Rose accuses him of wanting to break up with her, of thinking she is stupid, and Pierce feels profoundly misunderstood. She plays some Bach on the piano and just as Pierce is trying to find some peace in the religious music she tells him that Bach wasn't a Christian, but that the Powerhouse's music wasn't any good.
Pierce argues with Rose as she tells him about her studies in Conurbana (reminding me of myself hectoring my fundy mother as a teenager) and she spontaneously speaks in tongues. Rosie says hi to them both in a bar, and Pierce gives her the idea for a Christmas costume party at Butterman's. Pierce continues to argue with Rose into the night, then is awakened by the water freezing in the pipe.
Rose leaves in a hurry, but sends Pierce a letter trying to explain her faith. Her offhand comment about the Jews suffering in hell sends Pierce mad with horror at her cruel Biblical literalism, and he begins writing her a letter of his own. He feels everything going wrong around him: the frozen pipe, his writing deadline, his relationship, even his own heart, and on top of it all reads that Barnabas is about to become a Bible college. (An unexpected use of the recurring phrase "All that stuff is coming back", this time in the mouth of Earl Sacrabosco.)
Pierce has a nightmare that heavies from the Powerhouse come to confront him about his letter to Rose, using telekinesis to put the fear into him. Axel calls in the middle of the night. Val visits Butterman's with Rosie and delivers her natal chart (Rosie is a Pisces) advising her to be careful in her legal dealings with Mike, and that she should take the job with the Foundation, based on her planetary aspects. They share a joke about Una Knox.
Rose comes to visit Pierce again, and they go up to the big house to look around. Based on his letter Rose accuses him of wanting to break up with her, of thinking she is stupid, and Pierce feels profoundly misunderstood. She plays some Bach on the piano and just as Pierce is trying to find some peace in the religious music she tells him that Bach wasn't a Christian, but that the Powerhouse's music wasn't any good.