All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
as roads go, the road home is as good as any.
Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.
Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.
Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.