Apuleius in conversation with Corentinus and another clergyman:
"'...Bishop Martinus in Turonum...can't have much time left in this world. Who shall carry the light he has kindled?'
"Darkness deepened. Rain stammered on the roof." (IV, 4, p. 95)
The elements seem to answer the question!
During that same storm, Governor Glabrio, plotting with Procurator Bacca against Gratillonius and the Ysans, warns/threatens their subordinate, Nagon. Then:
"Nagon was still for a space, so still that the noise of the wind outside flew alone through the room under the stares of the saints, before he said: 'I understand.'" (V, 1, p. 100)
In a sequential art/comic strip adaptation, there would have to be a silent panel, at least one with no speech balloons, between Glabrio's threat and Nagon's assent. I am not sure how the artist would represent the noise of the wind which, of course, could be heard in a film.
A slave interrupts the meeting to announce an emissary from Martinus and is told to admit him:
"After a minute during which the wind gusted louder, a man came in." (ibid.)
The man, Sucat, the future Saint Patrick, conveys Martinus' command to Glabrio to be merciful to the Ysans. Martinus seems to have had clairvoyant knowledge of the meeting between Glabrio, Bacca and Nagon! The wind gusting louder was a suitable introduction to Sucat's tumultuous announcement.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Ha! I remember with relish how St. Martin intervened in the disputes Glabrio and Bacca were having with Gratillonius. Too bad this was only a fiction!
Ad astra! Sean
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