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and lo, a wild heretic appears! (sort of)
Nov. 3rd, 2014 09:35 pm"My apologies, Brother." Brother Gueri pats him on the arm. "Next time you lead the service. Keep your eyes on me and that way you won't be so distracted."
So the next day, when they arrive at Sers Aelinor's house, after the now-traditional offering of wine and equally traditional polite refusal, Brother Peire leads both her and Brother Gueri in worship. He knows this is really the abbot's role, but the abbot has a great many things to do and besides, the old lady specifically requested the two friars, not the abbot. (One or two of the more speculative and gossipy brothers suggest that the old lady's merchant son requested the afternoon service because he knows it's the abbot's job to lead the worship services, and he wants the abbot to minister to his mother personally because it will show how much power the merchant has. This is considered a bit uncharitable an explanation by most of the friars.) Brother Peire is comfortable with the service - and this time he keeps his place - and as it goes on, he becomes more and more comfortable leading it. By the end of the last hymn and the final words of gratitude and praise, he’s starting to wonder if he might someday be ready to strike out on his own, to travel the world (or at least this part of it) as a wandering friar.
( St Austor was not himself much of a wandering mendicant )
words: 1891
total words: 5521
So the next day, when they arrive at Sers Aelinor's house, after the now-traditional offering of wine and equally traditional polite refusal, Brother Peire leads both her and Brother Gueri in worship. He knows this is really the abbot's role, but the abbot has a great many things to do and besides, the old lady specifically requested the two friars, not the abbot. (One or two of the more speculative and gossipy brothers suggest that the old lady's merchant son requested the afternoon service because he knows it's the abbot's job to lead the worship services, and he wants the abbot to minister to his mother personally because it will show how much power the merchant has. This is considered a bit uncharitable an explanation by most of the friars.) Brother Peire is comfortable with the service - and this time he keeps his place - and as it goes on, he becomes more and more comfortable leading it. By the end of the last hymn and the final words of gratitude and praise, he’s starting to wonder if he might someday be ready to strike out on his own, to travel the world (or at least this part of it) as a wandering friar.
( St Austor was not himself much of a wandering mendicant )
words: 1891
total words: 5521
