Читать книгу The Miracle of the Images - Welby Thomas Cox Jr. - Страница 5

The Letter to Father Francis came in an innocuous looking brown envelope. At first the good priest did not believe the seal of the Vatican. But then he noticed that the envelope had been initially cancelled at the Vatican Post Office. The date of the cancellation was September the first. Not so bad Father Francis thought...after all... only eight days from Rome.

Father Francis was seated at his desk in the rectory. He had a cup of hot coffee, delivered to him by Mrs Clarice along with the mail...he noted that she lingered above him...watching over his shoulder as he separated the mail. She watched as he gazed at the large brown envelope...marked 'For Eyes Only'. She watched as Father Francis shuffled the mail passing over the brown envelope.

Curiosity was compelling...but she knew better than to suggest that the envelope would not go away...and she knew as well that Father Francis was waiting for her to do so.

So she thought to herself...I'll just have to see it when I do the filing...smugly she left the room for other Saturday morning duties.