The Gathering of Brother Hilarius
The Gathering of Brother Hilarius
by Michael Fairless Alias of Margaret Fairless Barber
PART I - THE SEED
CHAPTER I - BLIND EYES IN THE FOREST
HILARIUS stood at the Monastery gate, looking away down the smooth, well-kept road to the highway beyond. It lay quiet and serene in the June sunshine, the white way to the outer world, and not even a dust cloud on the horizon promised the approach of the train of sumpter mules laden with meats for the bellies and cloth for th ...