"Good," said the Lord.
"More precious than the riches of Solomon is a deed done in your name?"
"Yes."
"Though the sins were as numerous as the teeth of a shoal of fish?"
"So. Unravel your riddle."
"An old woman of the Dissenters," said Satan, "claimed four tablets, whereas her deeds were nine."
God looked at the Balance and lo, the scale of white tablets was heavier than the scale of scarlet tablets.
"Bid hither the apostles," He commanded the Overseer, "for they shall see me, and this day they and their flocks shall be in Paradise."
Satan stood before the face of Moses, glowing as the angels; and he brought out scissors to clip off the fringe of his beard. When he had cut only a little, the Overseer entered the Judgment Hall, saying: "The two apostles tricked Jude and crawled under the barrier, and they shot back the bolts of the gate of the Chariot House and called a charioteer to take them to Heaven. 'This is God's will,' they said to him."
Satan's scissors fell on the floor.