‘I have a proposal, and I’m afraid it will not be to your liking, Carlos. I believe it would be best if you returned to the monastery and get more information from the Abbot.’
‘With all due respect, sir, it would be a waste of time.’
‘Perhaps he has changed his mind and is now more receptive.’
‘It’s not quite that simple, Señor. The Church has filed a lawsuit against the Government for the confiscation of certain objects from the monastery. I have been cited as the main defendant in the trial.’
There was a moment of silence. Those words must have left my father stunned.
Some days later, Carlos went to attend the trial as the defendant at the Santander Provincial Court. My father and I accompanied him in order to lend him our moral support. Of course, my father did not tell me the full
