[The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Leonid Andreyev]@TWC D-Link bookThe Crushed Flower and Other Stories CHAPTER I 21/32
This is the first time I have been greeted in this land, and I was surprised when I heard your voice.
Come nearer to me. Why don't you sleep when all are sleeping? Who are you ?" "I am the daughter of the abbot of this place." He laughs: "Have priests children? Or are there special priests in your land ?" "Yes, the priests are different here." "Now, I recall, Khorre told me something about the priest of this place." "Who is Khorre ?" "My sailor.
The one who buys gin in your settlement." He suddenly laughs again and continues: "Yes, he told me something.
Was it your father who cursed the Pope and declared his own church independent ?" "Yes." "And he makes his own prayers? And goes to sea with the fishermen? And punishes with his own hands those who disobey him ?" "Yes.
I am his daughter.
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