Brother Emmanuel, methinks it was God's doing, or that of the holy saints, that this hap befell us which revealed to us a safe hiding place of which none knows but ourselves, not even our father and mother, and the secret of which we have preserved unto this day, resisting the temptation to divulge it to any living soul.

Time presses.

When we are there I will tell thee all the tale--how this secret place came to our knowledge.

But now let us tarry no longer, but come quickly and see for thyself.

Once within that friendly shelter thou wilt have naught to fear save the loneliness to which thou art well used.
"See, there is Julian already opening the door.