“He died before the fighting began. An hour or two before.”
“Who was with him, Charles?”
“A priest was with him.”
“A Roman Catholic priest?”
“Yes. I found the priest in the room with him. The priest had attended him. At the end.”
“He had become a Roman Catholic?”
“Yes, Olivia.”
“I want to picture it, Charles. Was there fighting in the town when you. When you found him?”
“There was a little firing. But the men were at breakfast. I heard a few shots. Distant shots. So. So I left the men. And West and I made a grave. We buried him there, Olivia. The priest. There was a service.”
“And then. What happened then, Charles?”