THE HERETIC’S APPRENTICE
Ellis Peters
The Sixteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
Digital Edition v2 HTML – January 28, 2003
Copyright © 1990 by Ellis Peters
Cover design and illustration by Bascove
Originally published in hardcover by The Mysterious Press.
CONTENTS
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Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter One
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On the nineteenth day of June, when the eminentvisitor arrived, Brother Cadfael was in the abbot’s garden,trimming off dead roses. It was a task Abbot Radulfus keptjealously to himself in the ordinary way, for he was proud of hisroses, and valued the brief moments he could spend with them, butin three more days the house would be celebrating the anniversaryof the translation of Saint Winifred to her shrine in the church,and the preparations for the annual influx of pilgrims and patronswere occupying all his time, and keeping all his obedientiariesbusy into the bargain. Brother Cadfael, who had no officialfunction, was for once allowed to take over the dead-heading in hisplace, the only brother privileged to be trusted with the abbatialblossoms, which must be immaculate and bright for the saint’sfestival, like everything else within the enclave.