Chapter 08:
The pair had been taken to separate yet adjoining rooms. Alone, Thaddeus had taken the opportunity to get cleaned up and changed into the fresh black robes provided. They were not much different from the cassock worn by a priest or any number of civil servants in this part of the world. A black robe seemed to fit all manner of authoritative figures, be it civil or religious. Not that the men from Venice shared the same lifestyle as the bishop.
Waganari lived in a palace. The room given the inquisitor was larger than his humble bachelor’s apartment in Venice. He would need to become a famous magistrate to warrant these lavish quarters. Being a bishop certainly paid better than an inquisitor. So much for the vow of poverty. He silently wondered which of the other vows the man o
