human
I am going to polish the knives of the monastery, for they want it badly.
gpt
Well, are you satisfied?
human
Certainly--but, what happened this morning, how is it I was communicated by the abbot of La Trappe, when I should have been by the curate who dines with me?
gpt
Ah! exclaimed the monk,
human
I was as much surprised as you. On waking, the Father Abbot suddenly declared that he must say mass this morning. He got up in spite of the observations of the prior, who as a doctor, forbade him to leave his bed. Neither I, nor any one else, knows what took him. Then they told him that a retreatant would communicate and he answered 'Just so, I shall communicate him.' And then M. Bruno took the opportunity of also approaching the Sacrament, for he loves to receive our Saviour from the hands of Dom Anselm.
gpt
And this arrangement also satisfied the curate, the monk went on, smiling;
human
There is no doubt about it, he thought,
gpt
God wished to give me an unmistakable answer.
human
And your health?
gpt
It is good, father; I am astounded; my digestion has never been so good as it is here; to say nothing of the fact that the neuralgia, which I feared so much, has spared me.
human
That shows that Heaven protects you.
gpt
Yes, indeed. But now that I remember it, I have long wished to ask you this--how are your offices arranged? They do not correspond with those printed in my prayer-book.