Moreover, it is well to do things for myself now and then--as, for instance, swimming." Now we loaded the wagon, which was easy to put together, and the brethren harnessed themselves to it, laughing.

They would not suffer us to help, and we had to walk behind the wagon in a sort of idle train, not altogether sorry to rest, for we were very weary by this time.

As for the hermits, they made light of the rough way and the load, being like schoolboys let loose.

I do not suppose that they had laughed thus for many a long day, and it was good to watch them.
So we came to the huts, and set down our load.

Presently the brothers would bestow the things under cover, but there was no more to come.