The Wall : Intermission part III: things fall apart

A few days ago, five overhead lights went out at the Nunnery at once:

1. the kitchen
2. the lavatory
3. the sacistry/vestry
4. the nave
5. the calefactory/scriptorium

No sooner were the lights fixed than the heat went out. The heat has been something of an issue in the Nunnery these last two winters - a sign of something, to be sure.