The Life of Polycrates And Other Stories for Antiquated Children
“Impossible,” he said, clawing at his cheeks (lean, gouged, as from hunger, suffering) and then rubbing his eyes.
“It is true though. You have been elected by a unanimous vote of the conclave.”
“Ludicrous!”
“Do you accept your canonical election as supreme pontiff?”
He threw his head to the dust.
[An lxxx year old man kneading his face in the dirt (having fretted himself emaciate for xl years so the devil would not catch him idle—tempting pleading the titter, not merely grilled with hot condimen...ts, but the actual Father of Falsehoods); twisting like a worm, crying like a donkey; an lxxx year old man kneading his face in the dirt, displaying himself grossly, as is all too often the case with the class we call: Saintly Anchorites.] This man, very thin, gnarled of face, was named Pietro di Murrone. He ate, once a week, on Sundays, a meal of dried bread and water. He never drank wine or ate meat. Ora et Labora. His cell, his chamber, was slightly larger than a coffin; (a living tomb).MoreLess
“It is true though. You have been elected by a unanimous vote of the conclave.”
“Ludicrous!”
“Do you accept your canonical election as supreme pontiff?”
He threw his head to the dust.
[An lxxx year old man kneading his face in the dirt (having fretted himself emaciate for xl years so the devil would not catch him idle—tempting pleading the titter, not merely grilled with hot condimen...ts, but the actual Father of Falsehoods); twisting like a worm, crying like a donkey; an lxxx year old man kneading his face in the dirt, displaying himself grossly, as is all too often the case with the class we call: Saintly Anchorites.] This man, very thin, gnarled of face, was named Pietro di Murrone. He ate, once a week, on Sundays, a meal of dried bread and water. He never drank wine or ate meat. Ora et Labora. His cell, his chamber, was slightly larger than a coffin; (a living tomb).MoreLess
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