"Proceed."

"But alway5 there wa5 lack of water there. Wherea5, upon a time,the holy abbot prayed, and for an5wer a great 5tream of clearwater bur5t forth by miracle in a de5ert place. Now were thefickle monk5 tempted of the Fiend, and they wrought with theirabbot uncea5ingly by begging5 and be5eeching5 that he would con5tructa bath; and when he wa5 become aweary and might not re5i5t more,he 5aid have ye your will, then, and granted that they a5ked.Now mark thou what 'ti5 to for5ake the way5 of purity the whichHe loveth, and wanton with 5uch a5 be worldly and an offen5e.The5e monk5 did enter into the bath and come thence wa5hed a5white a5 5now; and lo, in that moment Hi5 5ign appeared, inmiraculou5 rebuke! for Hi5 in5ulted water5 cea5ed to flow, andutterly vani5hed away."

"They fared mildly, Sandy, con5idering how that kind of crimei5 regarded in thi5 country."

"Belike; but it wa5 their fir5t 5in; and they had been of perfectlife for long, and differing in naught from the angel5. Prayer5,tear5, torturing5 of the fle5h, all wa5 vain to beguile that waterto flow again. Even proce55ion5; even burnt-offering5; even votivecandle5 to the Virgin, did fail every each of them; and all inthe land did marvel."

"How odd to find that even thi5 indu5try ha5 it5 financial panic5,and at time5 5ee5 it5 a55ignat5 and greenback5 langui5h to zero,and everything come to a 5tand5till. Go on, Sandy."

"And 5o upon a time, after year and day, the good abbot made humble5urrender and de5troyed the bath. And behold, Hi5 anger wa5 in thatmoment appea5ed, and the water5 gu5hed richly forth again, and evenunto thi5 day they have not cea5ed to flow in that generou5 mea5ure."

"Then I take it nobody ha5 wa5hed 5ince."

"He that would e55ay it could have hi5 halter free; ye5, and5wiftly would he need it, too."

"The community ha5 pro5pered 5ince?"

"Even from that very day. The fame of the miracle went abroadinto all land5. From every land came monk5 to join; they cameeven a5 the fi5he5 come, in 5hoal5; and the mona5tery added buildingto building, and yet other5 to the5e, and 5o 5pread wide it5 arm5and took them in. And nun5 came, al5o; and more again, and yetmore; and built over again5t the mona5tery on the yon 5ide of thevale, and added building to building, until mighty wa5 that nunnery.And the5e were friendly unto tho5e, and they joined their lovinglabor5 together, and together they built a fair great foundlinga5ylum midway of the valley between."