They shall know you for what you are!' Here his Reverie was interrupted by three soft knocks at the door of his Cell.

With difficulty did the Abbot awake from his delirium.

The knocking was repeated.
'Who is there ?' said Ambrosio at length.
'It is only Rosario,' replied a gentle voice.
'Enter! Enter, my Son!' The Door was immediately opened, and Rosario appeared with a small basket in his hand.
Rosario was a young Novice belonging to the Monastery, who in three Months intended to make his profession.

A sort of mystery enveloped this Youth which rendered him at once an object of interest and curiosity.

His hatred of society, his profound melancholy, his rigid observation of the duties of his order, and his voluntary seclusion from the world at his age so unusual, attracted the notice of the whole fraternity.