He fell on his knees and prayed to the saints to support his loneliness.

And then he found comfort, for had not God's Son suffered even as he, and left the bright streets of Paradise for loneliness among the lost?
Next morning he faced the world with a clearer eye.

It was not difficult to provide for the Franciscans.

They, honest men, understood nothing save that the Tartar king had not the love of holy things for which they had hoped.

They explained the offices of the Church as well as they could to ribald and uncomprehending auditors, and continued placidly in their devotions.