Most evident to the reader is the strict difference between the priest's relationship with Henry and that which he has with

'What will happen?' I stroked the blanket with my hand.

Henry's feeling towards the priest is clear. His feeling towards religion, however, is not. Throughout their conversations, it is evident that Henry respects the priest. Yet he continually puts up a front against God and religion itself. The priest says "You understand but you do not love God" and Henry replies "No". Henry says, "it is only in defeat that we become Christian," implying that only those who don't have the power to disobey the church will abide by its rules. Henry also tells the priest "We are all gentler now because we are beaten. How would Our Lord have been if Peter had rescued him in the Garden?”. He is implying that the Christian God is no god at all, just the product of circumstance. What is deceiving about Henry's statements is that they appear to express strong opposition to the church, and a complete lack of faith. But near the end of the book, when Henry is completely powerless, he resorts to the only option he has: he

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