The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco — Read

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In which William induces first Salvatore and then the cellarer to confess their past, Severinus finds the stolen lenses, Nicholas brings the new ones, and William, now with six eyes, goes to decipher the manuscript of Venantius.

We were coming out as Malachi entered. He seemed very annoyed to find us there and started to leave again. From inside, Severinus saw him and said, "Were you looking for me? Is it for-" He broke off, glancing at us. Malachi signaled to him, imperceptibly, as if to say, "We'll talk about it later." We were going out as he was entering, and so all three of us were in the doorway.

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