“Our Lord did not have to employ such foolish things to point out the strait and narrow path to us. Nothing in his parables arouses laughter, or fear. Adelmo, on the contrary, whose death you now mourn, took such pleasure in the monsters he painted that he lost sight of the ultimate things which they were to illustrate. And he followed all, I say all”—his voice became solemn and ominous—“the paths of monstrosity. Which God knows how to punish.” A heavy silence fell. Venantius of Salvemec dared break it. “Venerable Jorge,” he said, “your virtue makes you unjust. Two days before Adelmo died, you
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