Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Meanwhile, Count Greenwood, refusing even a carriage, rode a horse himself straight to the temple and immediately requested an audience with the High Priest.

"The High Priest has been expecting you."

A priest standing at the temple entrance, as though he had come out to meet him, guided him to the High Priest's chamber.

The words "has been expecting you" had sounded ominous. When Count Greenwood entered the room, the High Priest held in his hand a letter envelope of the same color as the one he had seen that morning.

To put it in conclusion, all of Count Greenwood's efforts came to nothing. He protested and he pleaded, but it was all in vain.

"Count Greenwood, you must know that, as a matter of principle, you should not say such things."

Tapping the envelope with his hand, the High Priest said this to Count Greenwood as though…