The Outcast Dove: a Catherine Levendeur Mystery
“Having spent most of his life in the monastery, his vision of the Hebrew people was a tangle of revered Patriarchs and despicable slayers of Christ. These men fit neither image. They seemed much more like the Christian laymen he knew both in appearance and dress. Of course, they did have some customs that set them apart. The little boxes they tied to their heads and arms while praying were delightfully absurd. Martin wondered how a grown man could permit himself to look so foolish.
Other custom...s, however, were harder to mock; the way they observed their Sabbath for instance.
Saturday morning, the party left at sunrise from the village of L’Isle Jourdain following an ill-kept path through the woods.
When the road widened enough for a horse to pass, Berengar, in the lead with Jehan, fell back to see how everyone was doing. He noticed Brother Martin watching the Jewish men behind him.
“They make good time, don’t they, considering,” he commented.
Considering that the men were all walking, he meant.MoreLess
Other custom...s, however, were harder to mock; the way they observed their Sabbath for instance.
Saturday morning, the party left at sunrise from the village of L’Isle Jourdain following an ill-kept path through the woods.
When the road widened enough for a horse to pass, Berengar, in the lead with Jehan, fell back to see how everyone was doing. He noticed Brother Martin watching the Jewish men behind him.
“They make good time, don’t they, considering,” he commented.
Considering that the men were all walking, he meant.MoreLess
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