"The ancient Egyptians," said the professor," believed that each man had not one but three souls. There was the shadow which like the body went to the grave and corrupted there. There was the immortal soul that went before Osiris for judgment."
The professor, who had been born and bred in Brookline, rubbed his nose and continued in his melodious cultured voice.
"The third soul, called KA, went to the tomb with the man's body but lived on there. It drank of the funeral beer, ate the funeral food, and lived . . . "
From the back of the room a lonely middle-westerner coughed and raised his hand. He was taking no chances.
"How do spell that third soul," he asked, "CAR?"
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