Abbot's Agreement Starr Melvin
Abbot's Agreement Starr Melvin My life would have been more tranquil had I not seen the birds. The corpse wore black. Whatever it was they had found lay in the shadow of the oak, so I was nearly upon…
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Abbot's Agreement Starr Melvin
My life would have been more tranquil had I not seen the birds. The corpse wore black. Whatever it was they had found lay in the shadow of the oak, so I was nearly upon the thing before I recognized what they were feasting upon.
The nearby abbey's novice master confirms the boy's identity: John, one of three novices. Master Hugh is making his way towards Oxford when he discovers the young Benedictine - a fresh body, barefoot. He had gone missing four days previously, and his corpse is fresh.
There has been plague in the area, but this was not the cause of death: the lad has been stabbed. To Hugh's sinking heart, the abbot commissions him to investigate.