“You shall see. I command you to look. Those who are listening wish to know not only the past but the future, so tell us what is hidden from all those who do not understand the glories of which I am the Chief Priest. I command you in the name of the Seven Angelic Princes.”
The child only groaned the more and now the Cardinal cried out,
“Speak! Speak!”
There was something in the urgency of his voice that seemed to communicate itself to other people in the room. They too called out,
“Speak,”
The child only groaned and hid her face.
There were great beads of sweat standing on the Comte’s brow.
“So I will make you speak!” he shouted angrily. “You cannot keep these things from me, I to whom all secrets of the universe are known.”
It was then as he shouted that Amé rose suddenly to her f
