Nunc!

From Poppy by Cynthia Stockley:

Clem was Catholic and Bill Protestant, and the result was a strange medley of prayers for Cinthie.

The kid has just gabbled her way through some Protestant children's evening prayer, the Our Father, and a few intercessions, ending up with "Amen -- now I must say my Latins."

She kneeled up, crossed herself solemnly in Latin, and began to chant the lovely words of the Angelical Salutation: "Ave Maria! gratia plena, Dominus tecum; benedicta tua in mulieribus, et benedictus fructis ventris tui Jesus. Sancta Maria! Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen."

Afterwards she fell into a peal of laughing.

"Why do you laugh, darling?" Poppy gravely asked, and the answer was: "Oh, Poppy! Wouldn't Nunc be a funny name for a dog!"

 I don't know what religion Cynthia Stockley was (there's a family myth that she was married to my great-grand uncle, but that's illogistical -- also, he's not mentioned in any of her online bios). I'd guess her for a Protestant with Catholic leanings -- this passage shows much more respect for Catholicism, but a Catholic would've called the "Angelical Salutation" just the "Hail Mary".


Anyway, let perpetual light shine upon her.