As he scrutinized the room of the pope, he looked for a place to hide. Pope Adrian XVII must not see him. The pope went to the altar and made the sign of the cross. He kissed his rosary, a wooden rosary he got out of his pocket, his robe almost immaculate. This wooden rosary was one of his most prized possessions aside from the Holy Bible that his mother gifted him before she passed away. He could still remember her fair countenance, just like the Virgin Mary, but with the former’s own human flaws. While he could not reminisce about everything about his mother, he could still remember that wooden rosary. And the Holy Bible. Those memories were precious to His Holiness. If only he could carry it with him until the last days of his life. Now that he was old he would forget a lot of things, even his own birthday. Sometimes he even forgot where he placed his eyeglasses. The old man felt a bit hesitant to kneel before the altar, he forgot something, someth
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