Chapter 9I had now been in Santa Sophia for fourteen days, and it dawned on me how fast time passes, waiting for no one. I spent two days thinking about Lady Patricia. I wanted to talk to Diakono Copperwith about her and that prayer. But he had been busy with teaching and fulfilling his role while the morrim was away. I could have asked Second Esperah Carranza about Lady Patricia—from their last names I suspected they were related—but I did not know if I could ask him personal questions yet.
I decided to pull out my pencil and paper to write a themily. I placed those items on the desk and gathered my thoughts on what to write. I hadn’t written a themily since being here. I needed to put words to paper.
People can sense a connection with you immediately. People can sense if you are genuin
