Heretics
Jul 5th, 2010 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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The tribunal accounted heresy as the gravest of capital crimes. The methods of sentence varied according to whim, but whether by fire or crucifixion, their death would be painful.
Bartholomew and George faced their accusers girded by an equal mixture of fear and antipathy. The cowards did not even have the courtesy to face them, but hid behind a poster of black cloth.
“Do you wish to recant?” Only the worst offenders were given such an opportunity.
Bartholomew refused. “I will die first.”
And so he did. Gruesomely.
“And you, George, do you wish to recant?”
“Yes. Yes I do.”
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