e as a relic “After learning that the monks would use theft and bribery and any means whatsoever to carry off the count’s body, the citizens, now forewarned, devoted themselves to watching more carefully” (Ross 193).
We also see that even those who are authorized to rule the state appear more materially or this-worldly driven than one would think for their position. We see this in the fact that the King of France announces he is coming to intervene and help straighten things out after the murder of Charles when claimants to the throne are jockeying for power. After he arrives, the French monarch succumbs to gold
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