Chapter 9However, figuring it out was put on hold for a while. The euphoria and joy of being in love, and being loved in return, superseded the task of trying to decipher what calling each other Will and Sam might mean for the pair. Expressing that love took precedent.
They made love in every conceivable location, wherever and whenever they had the privacy and opportunity: outdoors in the orchard during night rounds, during the day in the hayloft and in various vacant buildings, and, their preferred choice, William’s cell in the abbey—William’s cell being chosen over Sam’s, as Sam felt it would be less suspicious if he were caught out of bounds because he was merely a postulant and expected not to know the rules or be willing to bend them.
Although William felt most comfortable making lo
