Masquerading as Sister Gabriel, Goldy trudged along the slushy street like a tired saint, holding the gold cross before him like a shield, scrunching to one side to hide the bulging bulk of the Western .45.

Goldy, in drag as a nun, walks with Jackson through Harlem to steal a hearse.

— Harlem Cycle #1 - A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes, 1957)


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