Gabriel had been rather disturbed about what had happened last night. He didn't care that the door to the sacristy was damaged. He had had it fixed first thing in the morning. But he felt guilty over having been so eager to get home that he hadn't even checked whether there were people in the church. They could have frozen to death.

He had done his private mass and a house blessing and now he was out for a walk to calm his mind, when he noticed one of the men involved in the issue last night fall. Gabriel rushed over and crouched down, not caring that the ground stained his cassock.