The Imam spoke in the local dialect and Jeremiah translated.
“You have called upon me to sever your bonds of matrimony to a fallen wife,” the Imam intoned. “Pray, present the wife and the grounds for your divorce.”
Stoner motioned to his officers and two of them led the slight, trembling figure in black forwards.
“This is my wife Sara, Imam, and she has committed adultery.”
“Who has lain with this woman?” queried the Imam.
Two of Stoner’s officers stepped forwards. “I have,” they replied, almost in unison.
“Do you swear upon your maker that this is true?
“We do Imam,” they both replied.
The Imam turned to Stoner. “I absolve you of your oath to this woman. She is to be stripped and cast out of your house. You may sell her body in the marketplace and extract your revenge from her f
