From the journal of Marjorie Bruce
17th of June, 1306
I had asked Emmeline about the word that my father had used when he was speaking to Elizabeth. She had said that it meant to be banned from the church, to be labelled as a fugitive who had sinned terribly and to not be welcomed in the church or in Heaven. The excommunicated person was damned.
She had asked me why I was questioning her about it, and I told her that I had read it in one of the bishop"s texts. I did not want Emmeline to find out about my father. This information was too dear to me.
I decided to discuss it with the bishop because I needed to know more. I waited until Elizabeth and Father were asleep before sneaking into the bishop"s quarters. I was barefooted and shivering in my nightgown as the sea breeze was ever so c
