Stealing Heaven (1979)
“His silk vestments were embroidered with stiff gold thread, and on each of his fingers flashed a precious stone. When the portress announced the arrival of Abbot Suger's retinue, Heloise had accompanied Lady Alais into the courtyard. The abbot's splendid livery, the gilded spurs and fringed saddles, rivaled anything that a king might own. Heloise stared with intense curiosity at the little man. She had seen him once, when he had come to visit Abelard after the castration. In the bedchamber of A...belard's quarters, she had served them goblets of wine, but Suger had not bothered to glance at her, as if she were a varlet. "God's greetings, my lady abbess," Suger said briskly. "A fine house you have here. Venerable. It was once a house for men, you know." Lady Alais made a deep bow and sank to her knees. "Why, no, I— no, my lord. I didn't know." She went on, stammering, "Of course it has been owned by Saint-Denis for centuries, but Theodrada, er, the daughter of Charlemagne—" Suger broke in tightly.MoreLess
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