Part 25

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠The priest’s at home. A false priest’s servant bade him welcome. Step in. The holy father. With bows a traitor servant. Curlycues of chords.

Ruin them. Wreck their lives. Then build them cubicles to end their days in. Hushaby. Lullaby. Die, dog. Little dog, die.

The voice of warning, solemn warning, told them the youth had entered a lonely hall, told them how solemn fell his footsteps there, told th