Chapter 31: The Monk

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​⁠Two men lay prone upon the ground, one bathed in blood and motionless, with his face toward the earth; this one was dead. The other leaned against a tree, supported there by the two valets, and was praying fervently, with clasped hands and eyes raised to Heaven. He had received a ball in his thigh, which had broken the bone. The young men first approached the dead man.

“He is a priest,” said Bragel