Gregorios and EfthymiosHe had no doubt; if they recognised him they would unhesitatingly kill him by the most repulsive of deaths.
“The initiation is secret and it’s held in a secret place. Not even the Pope, when he asked, was admitted… Years ago, some sacrilegious person, hired by Rome, hid in the Temple. He was thrown alive into the latrine…”
After this statement by the Grand Frère, they were convinced that any attempt to prevail upon the head of the Temple would be both futile and dangerous. For both of them.
“Why did they kill him?” Gregorios dared only to ask the Grand Frère.
“Because the truth he would learn would kill many… The truth we do not understand kills us…”
“Don’t try,” Efthymios begged his friend, when they were out on the street again.
“I’ll try,” he said “if things
