Chapter 23 No.23

Ramon went to the Morada, the chapter house of the penitentes, alone and late at night, for all of the whippings and initiations of the order, except those of Holy Week, are carried on in the utmost secrecy.

The Morada stood halfway up the slope north of the little town, at the elevation where the tall yellow pines of the mountains begin to repl

            
            

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