Éire’s Captive Moon
“I think it would be wise to cooperate just now.”
Cowan settled himself again next to Martin and tried to think how to treat the priest’s mangled forearm. The monks had had no chance, Cowan remembered. He was seething inside over the piled desecration before him that the Northmen had amassed.
Jeweled leather covers from carefully copied codices. He had worked on some illuminated manuscripts himself in Tours, and knew how much ink and sweat went into these translations of Ovid and Virgil, as well... as the Blessed Saint Patrick’s work. And there were the holy chalices, made of gold, silver, and copper. Costly silver candlesticks were shining far too cheerfully in the sunlight. A small pile of rings, too, glittered in the sun.
Martin’s eyes had tears in them, and not because of his wound. “It’s a tragedy,” he rasped. “How can they do that? Did you see the work?” With a jerky motion of his head, the priest indicated the pile of paper that one of the barbarians was putting to the torch.MoreLess
Cowan settled himself again next to Martin and tried to think how to treat the priest’s mangled forearm. The monks had had no chance, Cowan remembered. He was seething inside over the piled desecration before him that the Northmen had amassed.
Jeweled leather covers from carefully copied codices. He had worked on some illuminated manuscripts himself in Tours, and knew how much ink and sweat went into these translations of Ovid and Virgil, as well... as the Blessed Saint Patrick’s work. And there were the holy chalices, made of gold, silver, and copper. Costly silver candlesticks were shining far too cheerfully in the sunlight. A small pile of rings, too, glittered in the sun.
Martin’s eyes had tears in them, and not because of his wound. “It’s a tragedy,” he rasped. “How can they do that? Did you see the work?” With a jerky motion of his head, the priest indicated the pile of paper that one of the barbarians was putting to the torch.MoreLess
Read book Éire’s Captive Moon for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
8 / 10
8 / 10
User Reviews: