The Wandering Arm
“Many of our acquisitions and more of those ornaments of the church that we feared to lose, for example a chalice of gold with an engraved foot and other such things, we ordered to be fastened down.
—Abbot Suger De Aministratione, part XXXIII “But why would the abbot’s nephew be wandering about the why would the abbot’s nephew be wandering about the countryside in the dark with a stolen chalice?” Catherine asked. “It can’t have been the same man.”
She thought it a reasonable statement. S...olomon felt his honor was being challenged.
“Of course it was the same man!” he insisted. “I recognized the voice. He even used some of the same words. I’d like to see this underfed family of his. They seem to be his excuse for any outrage he commits.”
“But the chalice he had wasn’t taken from Saint-Denis,” Catherine said. “We don’t know for certain where it came from. It may not be the one taken from Salisbury.MoreLess
—Abbot Suger De Aministratione, part XXXIII “But why would the abbot’s nephew be wandering about the why would the abbot’s nephew be wandering about the countryside in the dark with a stolen chalice?” Catherine asked. “It can’t have been the same man.”
She thought it a reasonable statement. S...olomon felt his honor was being challenged.
“Of course it was the same man!” he insisted. “I recognized the voice. He even used some of the same words. I’d like to see this underfed family of his. They seem to be his excuse for any outrage he commits.”
“But the chalice he had wasn’t taken from Saint-Denis,” Catherine said. “We don’t know for certain where it came from. It may not be the one taken from Salisbury.MoreLess
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