Gratillonius, Corentinus and others fake a trial by ordeal for Cadoc:
"Solemnly, Bishop Corentinus led his priests out into the middle of the space. Mass had already been offered at the church; now they called on God beneath his Heaven. On this day, it had been announced, pagans might also invoke their deities here, if they did so inconspicuously." (XIII, 3, p. 259)
Thank you very much. Once a year at a community orchard near here, people chant for a good crop. It is impossible to hear whether the person next to you is chanting, "God send..." or "Gods send..." Thus, the community unites.
Dahut:
"...swam like a moonglade before him." (XIV, 5, p. 280) (Scroll down.)
Just below the moonglade, there is a misprint that I might have missed before: "men" have become "mean."
Corentinus praises Gratillonius' intentions as:
"'...worthy of a Maccabeus." (XV, 1, p. 288)
A few points in a rich text.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Again, that bafflingly idiosyncratic use of "glade" by Anderson. He must have known the ordinary meaning of "glade" was an open space in a wooded area!
Ad astra! Sean
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