There was water to be poured from the barrel into each tiny bowl, and the remains of a butchered cattlebeast to be cut into portions for each animal.

Something in the scornful accent and the deep voice aroused the suspicions of the verger, though the words were spoken in English. Our treasury, M'sieur, croaked he, more ravenly than ever, "is rich — rich in episcopal jewels; […]

ab- + normal → abnormal

A demiurge or craftsman god takes pre-existing matter and fashions it in light of the eternal Forms.