“This is Maddalena who came to live with the Order when I was young,” Auri said, nodding, “it’s been a long time since I have heard her name or thought about her. But this is she.”

We shifted in our seats toward Auri.

“There was a fire in the woods one night close to the prioria,” Auri said, “the brothers ran to it, hoping to smother flames before the entire forest caught fire. I had never seen a fire like that, nor such chaos with brothers runn...