The Quest for Saint Camber
“—Proverbs 1:25 Arilan returned to Rhemuth Castle in time for only the tail-end of the privy council meeting, but he was just in time to follow Cardiel and a very subdued Duncan into a private withdrawing room afterward, where Cardiel gave the younger bishop a royal dressing down in Arilan’s presence.
“It isn’t that I didn’t know what you were, Duncan. I’ve known for some time what Denis was, too. I suppose I thought you realized that my overlooking of that fact was a personal act of conscience,... and that I could only continue to overlook it as long as you played your part. When you chose to make it public, it became a concern of my office, not just my conscience.”
When Duncan only continued staring at his folded hands, Cardiel went on.
“Well, fortunately or unfortunately, the law is not clear at this moment just what I should do with you next. We’ve been successful in rescinding the death penalty for doing what you did in letting yourself be ordained, but the Statutes of Ramos still say it’s illegal for a Deryni to be a priest.”MoreLess
“It isn’t that I didn’t know what you were, Duncan. I’ve known for some time what Denis was, too. I suppose I thought you realized that my overlooking of that fact was a personal act of conscience,... and that I could only continue to overlook it as long as you played your part. When you chose to make it public, it became a concern of my office, not just my conscience.”
When Duncan only continued staring at his folded hands, Cardiel went on.
“Well, fortunately or unfortunately, the law is not clear at this moment just what I should do with you next. We’ve been successful in rescinding the death penalty for doing what you did in letting yourself be ordained, but the Statutes of Ramos still say it’s illegal for a Deryni to be a priest.”MoreLess
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