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Chapter 68

           Itseemeddryandcold;minewasstickilyhotfromthewalk.Hewasnearlyfourinchestallerthanmyself,andasmanyyearsolder,andhespokewithatraceoftheincisivenessthatyoungdonssometimesaffect."You’vecomeallthisway?""ItwaseasytostopoffatRome.""IthoughtI’dmadeitclearthat""Yesyoudid,but…"Webothsmiledbleaklyatthebroken-endedsentences.Helookedmeintheeyes,affirmingdecision."I’mafraidyourvisitmuststillbeconsideredinvain.""Ihonestlyhadnoideathatyouwere…"Iwavedvaguelyathishabit."Ithoughtyousignedyourletters…""YoursinChrist?"Hesmiledthinly."Iamafraidthatevenherewearesusceptibletotheforcesofantipretention."Helookeddown,andwestoodawkwardly.Hecame,asifimpatientwithourawkwardness,toakinderdecision;somemollification."Well.Nowyouarehereletmeshowyouround."IwantedtosaythatIhadn’tcomeasatourist,buthewasalreadyleadingthewaythroughtoaninnercourtyard.Iwasshownthetraditionalravensandcrows,theHolyBramble,whichputforthroseswhenSaintBenedictrolledonitasalwaysonsuchoccasionstheholinessofself-mortificationpaledinmytooliteralmindbesidethevisionofanakedmanpoundingoverthehardearthandtakingalongjumpintoablackberrybush…ow!yarouch!…andIfoundthePeruginoseasiertofeelreverencefor.Idiscoveredabsolutelynothingaboutthesummerof1951,thoughIdiscoveredalittlemoreaboutLeverrier.

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