Chapter 16
AT NIGHT, IN the storeroom, while listening to the waves slapping against the quay and the soft snoring of the dragon which again slept surrounded by the children, Nellie attempted to sort out the disturbed thoughts she had about the church.
She believed the church had collected evil artefacts with the purpose of keeping them out of the hands of unwitting citizens.
The past of Saardam was littered with stories of people who had acquired evil items by accident and had suffered for it.
So she accepted the good intentions of the church in keeping those items out of the hands of the public.
With no will in the world, however, could she justify keeping people prisoner. Not even the most evil of crazy people deserved to be locked up in the crypts of the church. She didn’t think t
