The Mystery of the Chamberlain

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Gonzalo Ríos Araneda. The Mystery of the Chamberlain

THE VISITOR

THE MEETING PLACE

THE INCIDENT

THE BLACK TULIP

THE MYSTERY OF THE CHAMBERLAIN

THE LAST STATION

THE ANALYSIS

THE ANGEL OF GLORY

WAITING FOR SOPHIE

THE EMPTY PLAZA

THE TRIAL

GHOSTS OF IOWA

MISSION MADRID

THE HERO

DINING AT THE CRILLÓN

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To my mother, Graciela Araneda Bobadilla, a beautiful and good soul who radiated wisdom until her last sun set.

The Bison (detail), 14,800 to 14,400 B.C.

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“Father, well you must know the sayings of a certain Sacrobosco, which I have indeed heard from the mouth of a scholar of matters of Nature. This Sacrobosco maintains that the Earth is the central point of the heavens, and that it is enfolded completely by water and, in turn, that surrounding this water is air. And more, that all around that life-giving air is fire in its pure and undisturbed state. These three elements, each in its heavenly place, shape the Earth into a spherical form. Have you heard of it? It’s as if the man’s view, in harmony with God, encompassed everything in all three dimensions. Everything contained inexplicably in a sphere. However, don’t ask me how we remain standing upon it, as if we were ants, because I can’t imagine it.”

“Oh, brave unbeliever! You speak like a poet, with your fantasy up your sleeve,” said the friar. “Stand something upright on the surface of the Earth, of whatever length you like, and you will see that your words are futile. The Earth is flat wherever you measure it. Really, the fallacy is deducing that it is round, like the other heavenly bodies, and denying that God recognizes us as his privileged children, placing all of the celestial lights at our disposal for our enchantment, or at the very least, in order to bring us day and night.”

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