The other priest murmured in assent, his face vanishing into the shadow of his cowl.

"Mayhap you have the right of it, Cassiel's servant," the priest murmured.

The priest murmured low into his lord's ear.

"Thank the Morninglord it's still daytime," the priest murmured.

Anointing the coffin's satin interior with holy oil, the priest murmured a prayer.

"My profound apologies," the priest murmured, surrendering the child to the midwife.

Defeated, eyes downcast, the priest murmured, "Yes, my lord."

"And you shall have it, My Prince," the priest murmured, then raised his head and smiled as a sound echoed down the hall behind him.

The doctor and the priest, stepping back on the other side of the room, murmured to each other.

"Momento," the priest murmured, and disappeared through an ornately carved door behind the desk.