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The Eternal Quest — Switzerland Chapter XIII
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I Resolve to Become a Monk1 — I go to Confession2 — Delay of a Fortnight — Giustiniani, the Apostle Capuchin — I Alter my Mind; My Reasons — My Pranks3 at the Inn — I Dine With the Abbot
The cool way in which the abbot told these cock-and-bull stories gave me an inclination4 to laughter, which the holiness of the place and the laws of politeness had much difficulty in restraining. All the same I listened with such an attentive5 air that his reverence6 was delighted with me and asked where I was staying.
“Nowhere,” said I; “I came from Zurich on foot, and my first visit was to your church.”
I do not know whether I pronounced these words with an air of compunction, but the abbot joined his hands and lifted them to heaven, as if to thank God for touching7 my heart and bringing me there to lay down the burden of my sins. I have no doubt that these were his thoughts, as I have always had the look of a great sinner.
The abbot said it was near noon and that he hoped I would do him the honour of dining with him, and I accepted with pleasure, for I had had nothing to eat and I knew that there is usually good cheer in such places. I did not know where I was and I did not care to ask, being willing to leave him under the impression that I was a pilgrim come to expiate8 my sins.
On our way from the church the abbot told me that his monks9 were fasting, but that we should eat meat in virtue10 of a dispensation he had received from Benedict XIV., which allowed him to eat meat all the year round with his guests. I replied that I would join him all the more willingly as the Holy Father had given me a similar dispensation. This seemed to excite his curiosity about myself, and when we got to his room, which did not look the cell of a
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