Part 57 (2/2)
”The saint.”
”One of the nuns in that order is Anna Goyette's aunt.”
”Thanks to nuns I still have limited use of my knuckles.”
I smiled. Another gender inequality.
I told him about elisabeth Nicolet.
”They were all captives in one way or another. Harry. Kathryn. elisabeth.”
”Elle. Anna. Prisons take many forms.”
”Sister Julienne shared a quote with me. In Les Miserables Les Miserables Victor Hugo refers to the convent as an optical device whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.” Victor Hugo refers to the convent as an optical device whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.”
The crickets chirped.
”It's not infinity, Ryan, but we're barreling toward the end of a millennium. Do you suppose there are others out there preaching Armageddon and orchestrating rituals of group death?”
For a moment he didn't answer. The magnolia rustled overhead.
”There will always be mystic hustlers who will play upon disillusionment, despair, low self-esteem, or fear to promote their own agendas. But if any of these psycho charlatans get off the bus in my town the reckoning will be swift and certain. Revelation according to Ryan.”
I watched a leaf tumble across the brick.
”What about you, Brennan? Will you be there to help me?”
Ryan's form was black against the night sky. I couldn't see his eyes, but I knew they were looking straight toward mine.
I reached over and took his hand.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Kathy Reichs is forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciares et de Medecine Legale for the province of Quebec. She is one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. A professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago, where she received her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She now divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal and is a frequent expert witness in criminal trials. She is the author of Deja Dead, Deja Dead, winner of the Ellis Award for Best First Novel of 1997. winner of the Ellis Award for Best First Novel of 1997.
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