THE ALTAR WE BURNED
The bishop, reading through one of them, approached Arthur.
“These are not just musings, Arthur,” the bishop said. “They are medicine.”
He suggested turning the reflections into a devotional series for the parish newsletter. Arthur hesitated but agreed. Soon, people were quoting his lines during Sunday gatherings, unaware they were reading the work of the once-disgraced priest they had once feared or judged.
As the months passed, Arthur brought Isabella to see the library. Her eyes lit up with wonder as she ran her fingers across the edges of golden-inked texts and listened to the soft murmurs of students reading aloud.
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