The Monastery - El monasterio
The Monastery In the twilight, the monastery was showing its imposing silhouette to the walker who, exhausted, approached the entrance. With the heavy knocker he knocked on the door and waited. He waited. He knocked again. The hinges was squeaking and the door opened very slowly. A little man let his smallpox-like face be seen under the hood of his habit, and with a gesture invited him in. "I am Fray Ernesto, from the Abbey of Cadbury. The prior is waiting for me." "The prior died this morning. We are veiling over his body. Tomorrow he will be buried here." Bro Ernesto, out of his mind, replied to the friar: "It's not possible! He was having to give me some very important documents." "Come with me and you will see for yourself." They passed through the dark cloister, dimly lit by the torch carried by the friar. The room, a naked cell, housed the lifeless body of a young man. His closed right hand showed something me...