Monsieur Bruno will always remain a boarder; he will never be a monk.

He gets all the disadvantages of the cloister, and none of the benefits." "But there are other monasteries besides those of La Trappe," replied the Abbe.

"Be a Benedictine Father or oblate, a black Friar.

Their rule seems to be mild; you will live in a world of learned men and writers; what more would you have ?" "I do not say--but--" "But what ?" "I know nothing of them--" "Nothing can be easier than to get to know them.

The Abbe Plomb is a welcome friend at Solesmes.