“Remembering, he began to move faster, down the long hallway to the kitchens, through them without speaking to a soul, and out to the animal pens in one of the lower courtyards of the palace. There were pigs kept there, and goats. He demanded a kid from the puzzled stable hand and carried it, wriggling, back into the palace. There were many empty rooms in the palace. Eugenides knew of one that had been a solarium until recent building had obstructed its sunlight and left it too cold and too dark... to be useful. With no anterooms between it and the hallway outside, and with a row of load-bearing pillars dividing the room in two, it was awkwardly sized and located. It was rarely used and had made a good hiding place on his previous visits. There was a stone table that would do for an altar. Anyone could make an altar, anyone could consecrate it with a sacrifice. Not everyone received a response from the gods, but Eugenides never doubted his invocation would be answered. Shifting the kid under his right arm, Eugenides took a candle from a sconce as he walked.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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