Roland was still mumbling colourful insults to the two soldiers who, in punishment for their incompetence, were now walking on the road in front of their last vehicle in good condition. He couldn’t calm down and the more they progressed, the more this region of misfortune increased his annoyance. Ecclesio at his side, he watched the forest on his right. He scrutinized it so carefully that his neighbour finally cracked.
“Come on, my friend, if this madman is hidden somewhere waiting for us, you won’t see the tip of his ugly nose!”
“I know. I’m more interested in animals.”
“Still nothing at all?”
“Not the shadow of a specimen.”
The priest rubbed his chin, worried. His anger and impatience calmed down in the face of the magnitude of the phenomenon they saw. How many more miles should the
