History Literature / Brimstone

--> "Mr. Buck? If you don't mind, there's something personal I'd like to say to you... First of all, there's only one Jesus and you aren't Him. Another thing: I'm a Christian, and I try to be a good one, although I may not always succeed. You had no right to stand there when I was at the mercy of that crowd, point your finger at me, and pass judgement. You should take a good look at that passage in the Gospel of Matthew: ''Judge not, that ye be not judged... Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.''... I always liked the King James Version the best. Now, listen. You worry about ''yourself'' from now on, being a good citizen, keeping out of trouble, and obeying the law... If there's a Second Coming in the works, you sure as heck won't get advance notice - that much I ''do' know... Farewell, Mr. Buck. Keep your nose clean."

--> "Mr. Buck? If you don't mind, there's something personal I'd like to say to you... First of all, there's only one Jesus and you aren't Him. Another thing: I'm a Christian, and I try to be a good one, although I may not always succeed. You had no right to stand there when I was at the mercy of that crowd, point your finger at me, and pass judgement. You should take a good look at that passage in the Gospel of Matthew: ''Judge not, that ye be not judged... Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of they brother's eye.''... I always liked the King James Version the best. Now, listen. You worry about ''yourself'' from now on, being a good citizen, keeping out of trouble, and obeying the law... If there's a Second Coming in the works, you sure as heck won't get advance notice - that much I ''do' know... Farewell, Mr. Buck. Keep your nose clean."

* TheCassanova: The last musician known to have the Stormcloud was a notorious womanizer. He succumbed to brain damage caused by syphilis, went crazy and fled the owners of the violin.

* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: Fosco's butler committed half of the murders so the Count could provide an alibi]].

* [[spoiler: ScoobyDooHoax]]

* ChekhovsSkill: Count Fosco's tinkering.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Count Fosco]]

* ChekhovsSkills: Count Fosco's tinkering.

* TheBusCameBack: D'Agosta has returned from his failed writing career an had to take a job that bumps him down two ranks to Sargent.

--''"The cloven hoofprint burned into the floor told her everything she needed to know. The devil had finally come for Jeremy Grove."''

* GaiasVengence: Von Menck believes the murders are a predictor that a natural correction is coming to wipe the corruption of the world away.

* SeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Fosco ''really'' just wanted his violin back]]. Though the MacGuffin in question would have originally been put to use [[spoiler: in helping the Chinese develop a stealth missile]].

* EarlyBirdCameo: D'Agosta unknowingly sees [[spoiler: [[DanceOfDeath Diogenes]]]] while escaping his pursuers. [[spoiler: Diogenes]] then rescues [[spoiler: Pendergast]] in the epilogue.

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''Brimstone'' is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child first published in 2004. It is part of their informal [[Literature/AgentPendergast Agent Pendergast series]].