ABBOT--(_Hesitatingly._) W-e-l-l--

FATHER BENEDICT-- _Say_ it.

ABBOT-- Yes.

FATHER BENEDICT-- (_Shaking his finger._)

Deep in your heart you wish I would, old man.

'Twould fill your soul with joy. But mark you this:

To give you joy is not my destiny.

(_He rides out through the gate._)

ABBOT--Your destiny, Benedict, is in God's hand.

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