Adam's Breed

Gian-Luca still found consolation in his books, he still read the "Gioia della Luce," and now Ugo Doria had written a new poem, an epic of peace and of peaceful things, of vineyards and hillsides and valleys. It had come to Gian-Luca like a breath of sweet air, like a cool hand laid on the forehead. He said to Maddalena:

"When I read Doria's words I can almost believe in the Spirit -- I can almost believe in your God, Maddalena, for that is how Doria writes sometimes -- as though he wrote with his spirit."