TOM - Charity

Charity
'I have brought some ceremonial supplies from Rome. I will take some to the Christian church, but perhaps it would be politic to give some to other temples too...'

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Gratitude
'The church was well supplied already, as you might expect in a town where silks and incense are traded. But they were glad of the candles and the French wine I had brought. And the Khan was very pleased that I distributed half a dozen casks among the poorer temples in the district...'

'It is not exactly well-known,' I remember him saying, 'but the various priests and shamans that ply their trades here consider the Christian priest to be a little uppity, so your gesture was very wise.'

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