The Grail Murders
“'I wish I could die, but my time has not come.' Benjamin watched us both strangely.
'Then what is all this?' I asked, refusing to be cowed. 'Why do you talk of death? Agrippa, have you no flicker of friendship for us? What does my Lord Cardinal think will happen at Templecombe? And what does the tortured brain of that royal madman really want?' Agrippa's face softened. He blinked, and when I looked again, his eyes were light blue, childlike in their innocence.
'Roger, Roger,' he whispered, ‘I a...m the Cardinal's man in peace and war, at least for the next ten years. But when the prophecy is fulfilled and the cow rides the bull and the priest's skull is smashed, I shall be free.' (At the time I had not a clue what he was talking about but, in hindsight, he was, of course, referring to Boleyn's ascendancy over Fat Henry and Wolsey falling like a star from the sky of royal preferment.) 'Before you leave,' Agrippa continued, 'for friendship's sake, I will give you this advice: Age Circumspecte.MoreLess
'Then what is all this?' I asked, refusing to be cowed. 'Why do you talk of death? Agrippa, have you no flicker of friendship for us? What does my Lord Cardinal think will happen at Templecombe? And what does the tortured brain of that royal madman really want?' Agrippa's face softened. He blinked, and when I looked again, his eyes were light blue, childlike in their innocence.
'Roger, Roger,' he whispered, ‘I a...m the Cardinal's man in peace and war, at least for the next ten years. But when the prophecy is fulfilled and the cow rides the bull and the priest's skull is smashed, I shall be free.' (At the time I had not a clue what he was talking about but, in hindsight, he was, of course, referring to Boleyn's ascendancy over Fat Henry and Wolsey falling like a star from the sky of royal preferment.) 'Before you leave,' Agrippa continued, 'for friendship's sake, I will give you this advice: Age Circumspecte.MoreLess
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