The Seventh Veil (pgs. 338-353) Summary

The objects devise a plan to escape the church's cellar and carry it out. After gathering wood scrapings and paper, Painted Stick twirls on the pile and starts a fire. Painted Stick, Spoon, and Dirty Sock escape through the grate. While waiting for Shell and Can o' Beans, the stick and spoon are picked up by Buddy, who recognized Spoon from Ellen Cherry's paintings and Stick as the object that tripped him. The reverend has been in the area, talking with someone about his plans for Armageddon. Dirty Sock is left behind and the narrator informs us that he was never to leave the church. Spoon and Stick are taken to Buddy's apartment. They overhear him talking to a Rabbi about plans to send something to Jerusalem and they stow away on the shipment. Shell...