44 Scotland Street. The Prime of Bertie Pollock, Chapter 31: A brother in Ballachulish

Sister Maria-Fiore had mentioned to Antonia that she was taking the DNA test, but had only spoken of it in passing, and she was not sure that her friend was even paying attention at the time. She had decided to tell her about the result, and the discovery of her brother, but had changed her mind at the last moment and remained quiet about it. She and Antonia shared so much, but there were some things on which they did not see eye to eye, and when these disagreements arose, they could lead to surprisingly acrimonious arguments. Antonia had a temper, she had discovered – not a quality one would necessarily anticipate in one whose interests were focused on saintly lives of the past. But there was not always a connection between intellectual interests and temperament, she realised: the mildest of writers penned stories of murder and mayhem; the shyest of composers wrote passionate arias; the gentlest of healers might be unmasked as an angel of death. Between outward appearance and inner fe...


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