“Do not be deceived: “Do not be deceived:“Do not be deceived:‘Bad company ruins good morals.’” ‘Bad company ruins good morals.’”‘Bad company ruins good morals.’”(1 Corinthians 15:33, English Standard Version) * * * She’d kept him waiting. But then, she knew what she was doing. Adam had been sitting in Jan’s office for half an hour, leafing through the pages of last Thursday’s Bassington Post, a copy of which he’d found lying on her desk when he’d arrived. It wasn’t the most inspiring publication he’d ever set eyes on, but he’d been left with very little else to do. The piece he’d submitted on the hustings was due to appear in the following day’s edition, accompanied by a quote that Jan had apparently obtained from the “spokesperson” for the Miller campaign; a term Adam had little doub

