Summary

Chapter 13 – Father Johannes Nickel led the soldiers to a farmhouse where they could take shelter. Nickel was unable to give them shelter in his church, because it was destroyed in combat. In repayment for his hospitality, the soldiers helped Nickel retrieve a box containing church funds from where it lay buried in the churchyard. After they returned to the farmhouse, Nickel and the grandfather discovered that they were both interested in astronomy. Nickel also revealed that St. Dominic, to whom his church had been dedicated, was the patron saint of astronomers.

Chapter 14 - 15 – Unable to sleep, the grandfather walked about the farmhouse and found Nickel using his telescope to look at the moon. They discussed astronomy, and Nickel revealed his belief that space travel was a powerful form of worship that carried important theological implications. The next night, Nickel woke the grandfather and...