He said, in justification of the act, that his trust was now in God, and that the power which once, with five loaves and two small fishes, fed abundantly three thousand men, could easily make half a loaf suffice for them.
The loaf was accordingly divided, the beggar was supplied, and, delighted with this unexpected relief, he went away.

Alfred turned his attention again to his reading.

After a time the book dropped from his hand.

He had fallen asleep.

He dreamed that a certain saint appeared to him, and made a revelation to him from heaven.