Killman
“She would have done better to stay well away. As it turned out, events were to be even more frightening than the visiting priest’s predictions.
She had been about to enter the room to take the old priest’s temperature when she heard the august visitor to the mission conversing with the invalid in an unhurried undertone. She paused in the half-open doorway. Father Kuyper was sitting by the side of the bed, talking as much to himself as to the elderly man lying there. Father Pierre’s eyes were cl...osed and he was breathing regularly but shallowly.
Sister Conchita was concerned. As far as she could tell, from the occasional snatch of conversation she had caught, for the past few days the Dutch priest had been telling Father Pierre everything about the troubles forming like storm clouds outside the mission. Several times she had heard him discussing the unexplained killings in the district. How much of it Father Pierre was taking in, the nun could not be sure.
‘Difficult times, old friend,’ murmured Kuyper, his hand clasped over that of the veteran priest.MoreLess
She had been about to enter the room to take the old priest’s temperature when she heard the august visitor to the mission conversing with the invalid in an unhurried undertone. She paused in the half-open doorway. Father Kuyper was sitting by the side of the bed, talking as much to himself as to the elderly man lying there. Father Pierre’s eyes were cl...osed and he was breathing regularly but shallowly.
Sister Conchita was concerned. As far as she could tell, from the occasional snatch of conversation she had caught, for the past few days the Dutch priest had been telling Father Pierre everything about the troubles forming like storm clouds outside the mission. Several times she had heard him discussing the unexplained killings in the district. How much of it Father Pierre was taking in, the nun could not be sure.
‘Difficult times, old friend,’ murmured Kuyper, his hand clasped over that of the veteran priest.MoreLess
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