#Scholars Reveal 12th-Century Shropshire Abbey True Birthplace of Fingerprinting‚ Retinal Scans‚ Identification Cards

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tfw an ellis peters book has not one, but two, and perhaps as many as three, noble and well-meaning but ill-used men who have taken up false names and identities, and subsequently come to seek shelter, comfort, and resolve in the neighborhood of the abbey

#now obviously hyacinth was bard but if rafe isn't renaud bouchier i'll eat my hat #the hermit also gives every sign of being a Disguised Guy (noble profile revealed from the hood to viewer and reader in the same moment; #narratively positioned so we suspect him of the murder‚ tho i'm still waiting to see if that comes up again early enough that he def isn't #the murderer; #and so on) but i don't THINK anyone has an obvious mysterious father dead in the crusades going spare in this one #so either the hermit is renaud and rafe is actually the guy hunting him after he abandoned his post in cowardly fashion #or the hermit is a different guy whose hints i haven't received yet #or that rare creature. the red herring-hermit. beloved of the salvation-seeking fisherman #box opener #bookbox #Scholars Reveal 12th-Century Shropshire Abbey True Birthplace of Fingerprinting‚ Retinal Scans‚ Identification Cards #''I'm Fucking Sick Of These Noble Irrepressible Wrongly Dispossessed Young Heirs Coming Among Us Disguised As Penitents''‚ #Abbot Reportedly Said