The Monastery Chapter 5 Part 1

In which the declining health of the Lady of Avenel prompts a reluctant request for spiritual aid, leading a monk of Saint Mary's to journey through a foreboding glen bearing grave concerns about the forbidden book she keeps. This episode unfolds with pious solemnity and uneasy suspicion, revealing both the earnestness of the confessor’s mission and the latent tensions that cloud the Lady’s quiet household.