CHAPTER 13
Followed by the two young friars riding mules and, further back, by the parish priest on foot, Father Ignazio entered with all the arrogance of which he was capable into the residence of the Mayor, Germano degli Ottoni. The latter looked at him in doggedness, interdicted by the intrusion into his private home. He immediately took care to protect his wife and children, sending them to the adjoining rooms, and confronted the Dominican.
«What do you want? I don’t think the suit you’re wearing gives you the right to break into my house like that. If you want to confer with me, come back to the town hall tomorrow morning.»
«This is a matter of the utmost urgency. Tomorrow morning would already be too late. Tomorrow night there will be a full moon, and we inquisitors know that witc
