Last year in France, Jacque went to his local priest and confessed: "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. During the Second world War, I hid a Jewish man in my attic."

"That's not a sin,'' said the priest. "It was an act of great kindness."

"But I made him agree to pay me 30 francs for every week he stayed.

"I admit that wasn't particularly charitable," said the priest, "but you did it for a good cause."

"Thank you, Father," said the man. "That's a great relief to me. I have just one more question."

"What's that?''

"Do I have to tell him the war is over?''

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