The chapel garden waits in the blue hour before dawn, when the stones are cool, the paths are dark with dew, and the first light has not yet chosen a color. A small wooden door stands open beneath an arched wall. Beyond it, rosemary and wet earth breathe softly, while a fountain gives one quiet sound, then another, into the stillness.

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