XXXV. CIARAN IN ISEL

13. When he had received it and returned thanks to the giver, he came

for sacred converse to the cell of his brother Luctigernnus, where

also was his other brother, Odranus by name. There for some time he

prolonged his sojourn, and was guest-master. Now one day when he was

reading in the open air in the cemetery, guests came unexpectedly,

whom he led to the guest-house, having left his book open in

forgetfulness: and he washed their feet with devotion, and did the

other services necessary for them, for the sake of Christ. Meanwhile,

when the night darkness had fallen, there was a great rain. But He Who

bedewed the fleece of Gideon, but afterwards kept it untouched by the

dew, so preserved the book of holy Keranus, open though it was, from

the rushing waters, that not a drop fell upon it.

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