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This was quite true, although Simon had to pause a moment to control unwelcome mirth when he recalled certain actions his mother and Joanna had taken in the past against priests who differed with them. |
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The pause was quite effective, although Simon had not intended it as a dramatic device. The bishop urged him on, assuring him that he would not be considered officious or interfering. Properly cued, Simon told his tale, and Roger of London was suitably horrified. Although he said nothing to Simon about his intentions, there was a steely glitter in his eyes and a certain rigidity of his lips and jaw that indicated to Simon that his mission had been a success. Robert of Salisbury, the bishop in whose see the violation had occurred, would have to take the initiative, but the saintly Roger of London would be there to back him upand London had already won one passage-at-arms with the king. |
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