Bernardone had often taken his son there,[7] and Francis speedily succeeded in selling all he had brought.

He even parted with his horse, and full of joy set out upon the road to Assisi.[8] This act was to him most important; it marked his final rupture with the past; from this day on his life was to be in all points the opposite of what it had been; the Crucified had given himself to him; he on his side had given himself to the Crucified without reserve or return.

To uncertainty, disquietude of soul, anguish, longing for an unknown good, bitter regrets, had succeeded a delicious calm, the ecstasy of the lost child who finds his mother, and forgets in a moment the torture of his heart.
From Foligno he returned direct to St.Damian; it was not necessary to pass through the city, and he was in haste to put his projects into execution.
The poor priest was surprised enough when Francis handed over to him the whole product of his sale.

He doubtless thought that a passing quarrel had occurred between Bernardone and his son, and for greater prudence refused the gift; but Francis so insisted upon remaining with him that he finally gave him leave to do so.

As to the money, now become useless, Francis cast it as a worthless object upon a window-seat in the chapel.[9] Meanwhile Bernardone, disturbed by his son's failure to return, sought for him in all quarters, and was not long in learning of his presence at St.Damian.In a moment he perceived that Francis was lost to him.
Resolved to try every means, he collected a few neighbors, and furious with rage hastened to the hermitage to snatch him away, if need were, by main force.
But Francis knew his father's violence.