When in Rome
“Tommaso in Pallaria looked different after sunset. Its façade was dark against a darkening sky and its windows only faintly illuminated from within. Its entrance where Violetta had cursed Sebastian Mailer was quite given over to shadows and its doors were shut.
Alleyn was wondering how he would get in when Father Denys moved out of the shadows.
‘Good evening and God bless you,’ he said.
He opened a little pass-door in the great entry and led the way in.
The smell of incense and hot candles seem...ed more noticeable in the dark. Galaxies of small flaming spearheads burned motionless before the saints. A ruby lamp glowed above the high altar. It was a place fully occupied within itself. A positive place.
Brother Dominic came out of the Sacristy and they walked into the vestibule with its shrouded stalls. The lights were on in there and it felt stuffy.
‘It’s like enough a fool’s errand I’ve brought you on and you maybe not eaten yet,’ said Father Denys. ‘I may tell you it’s not been done without the authority of my Superior.’ ‘I’m entirely at your service, Father.’ ‘Thank you, my son.MoreLess
Alleyn was wondering how he would get in when Father Denys moved out of the shadows.
‘Good evening and God bless you,’ he said.
He opened a little pass-door in the great entry and led the way in.
The smell of incense and hot candles seem...ed more noticeable in the dark. Galaxies of small flaming spearheads burned motionless before the saints. A ruby lamp glowed above the high altar. It was a place fully occupied within itself. A positive place.
Brother Dominic came out of the Sacristy and they walked into the vestibule with its shrouded stalls. The lights were on in there and it felt stuffy.
‘It’s like enough a fool’s errand I’ve brought you on and you maybe not eaten yet,’ said Father Denys. ‘I may tell you it’s not been done without the authority of my Superior.’ ‘I’m entirely at your service, Father.’ ‘Thank you, my son.MoreLess
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