The whole thing, he said,
served to confirm his opinion of the Church of Rome.
There is really nothing more to tell, but, as you may imagine, the
Professor's views on certain points are less clear cut than they used to
be. His nerves, too, have suffered: he cannot even now see a surplice
hanging on a door quite unmoved, and the spectacle of a scarecrow in a
field late on a winter afternoon has cost him more than one sleepless
night.
THE TREASURE OF ABBOT THOMAS
I
_Verum usque in praesentem diem multa garriunt inter se Canonici de
abscondito quodam istius Abbatis Thomae thesauro, quem saepe,
quanquam ahduc incassum, quaesiverunt Steinfeldenses. Ipsum enim
Thomam adhuc florida in aetate existentem ingentem auri massam circa
monasterium defodisse perhibent; de quo multoties interrogatus ubi
esset, cum risu respondere solitus erat: 'Job, Johannes, et Zacharias
vel vobis vel posteris indicabunt'; idemque aliquando adiicere se
inventuris minime invisurum. Inter alia huius Abbatis opera, hoc
memoria praecipue dignum indico quod fenestram magnam in orientali
parte alae australis in ecclesia sua imaginibus optime in vitro
depictis impleverit: id quod et ipsius effigies et insignia ibidem
posita demonstrant.
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