18/25 Whoever she may be, I know one thing well. She has prepared for you and me an excellent dinner." The people disperse quickly. Mariet says confusedly and cheerfully: "I'll run first." "Run, run," answers the abbot. "Gart, my son, call the atheist to dinner. I'll hit him with a spoon on the forehead; an atheist understands a sermon best of all if you hit him with a spoon." He waits and mutters: "The boy has commenced to ring the bells again. |