Chapter 142 Three Pure Virgins

About a quarter of an hour passed.The dean came back and sat down in the chair. The two people talking seemed to be thinking of each other.We recorded their conversations as verbatim as possible. "Father?" "Exalted Mammy?" "Have you seen the altar?" "I have a little partition there when I say Mass and Office." "Have you ever worked in the choir?" "Two or three times." "Now we're going to raise a rock." "Is it heavy?" "The stone slab next to the altar." "The slab for the cellar?"

"right." "In this case, it's better to have two men." "Sister Dengtian will come to help you, she is as strong as a man." "A woman can never stand up to a man." "We have but one woman to help you. Each according to his ability. The Abbe Mabillon wrote four hundred and seven theses on the teachings of St. Bernard, and Melonius Orsius only three. One hundred and sixty-seven, I will never despise Melonius Orsitheus for this." "Nor do I." "What is valuable is that each works according to his own ability. A monastery is not a workshop."

"A woman is not a man. My brother is strong!" "You'll also have a crowbar ready." "A door like that can only have that key." "There is an iron ring on the slate." "I put the crowbar in." "And the slate will turn." "That will be all right, noble mother. I shall be able to open the cellar." "Four more choir sisters will join you in your work." "What about after the cellar is opened?" "Cover again." "that's all?" "No." "Show me what I must do, noble mother."

"Master Feng, we think you can be trusted." "I'm supposed to be here for work." "And you don't say anything." "Yes, noble mother." "After opening the cellar..." "I'll cover it again." "But before that..." "How is it, noble mother?" "Something has to be lifted down." Having said that, everyone fell silent.The dean seemed to be hesitating, she stuck out her lower lip, pouted and broke the silence: "Father?" "Exalted Mammy?" "You know that a nun died this morning."

"I have no idea." "Did you not hear the bell ringing?" "I can't hear anything at the bottom of the garden." "Really?" "I can't hear my bell very well." "She died at daylight." "Also, the wind is not blowing my way this morning." "It's the Sister Suffering. A blessed one." The dean stopped talking, and saw her lips opening and closing frequently, as if she was reciting some scriptures silently, and then she said: "Three years ago, there was a Jansenist named Mrs. Bedouin. She converted to Orthodoxy just because she saw the Holy Mother praying."

"No, I hear the knell now, noble mother." "The nuns have carried her to the morgue in the chapel." "I know." "No man is allowed or supposed to be in that room but you. You have to take good care of it. It would be a joke if a man were found in a woman's mortuary!" "Out and in!" "Ok?" "Out and in!" "what did you say?" "I say out and in." "What are you doing in and out?" "My noble mother, I didn't say what I did, I said I went." "I don't understand you. Why do you say out and in and out?"

"As you say, noble mother." "But I didn't say out and in." "You didn't say it, but I followed you." Just then, the clock struck nine o'clock. "At nine o'clock in the morning and every o'clock, may the Most Exalted Host on the altar be admired and adored," said the Abbot. "Amen," said Fauchelevent. The clock struck just right.It cuts short an argument about going in and out.Without it, the Abbot and Fauchelevent might well have been entangled for life. Fauchelevent wiped his forehead. The abbot recited a short, perhaps sacred prayer, and then raised his voice and said:

"The Sister of Suffering persuaded many people during her lifetime, and she will appear holy after her death." "She will manifest herself!" said Fauchelevent, moving his legs so as not to lose his footing afterwards. "Father, the convent has received the favor of God through the Sister of the Passion. Of course, not everyone can be like Cardinal Beryl, who recited the Mass while dying, and returned to God when his soul returned to God. Saying 'Therefore I do this.' Still, the Sister Suffering, though not so blessed, was dearly dead. She was sane until the last moment. She talked to us, and then Talk to the angels. She left us her last words. If you were more sincere, if you would stay in her cell, she would just touch your leg and you would be cured. She always had a smile on her face. Everyone felt that she was resurrected in the heart of God. In her death we reached the kingdom of heaven."

Fauchelevent thought that was the end of a passage. "Amen," he said. "Master Chiu, we should fulfill the wishes of the dead." The Abbot had already moved some beads, but Fauchelevent did not speak.She continued: "For this question, I have consulted several priests who are loyal to our savior. They all hold positions in the religious personnel department, and they all have brilliant achievements." "Exalted Mammy, the bell is heard more clearly from here than in the garden." "Also, the deceased was not a woman, but a saint." "Just like you, noble mother."

"She slept for twenty years in her coffin, which was specially granted by our Holy Father Pius VII." "The one who crowned... Bonaparte." For a man as shrewd as Fauchelevent, his recollection was inopportune.Fortunately, the dean, who was preoccupied with her affairs, did not hear.She continued: "Father?" "Exalted Mammy?" "Saint Theodore, the archbishop of Capbados, once asked people to engrave only this word on his tomb: 'Acarus', which means scabies, and that is what happened later. Is this true?" "It is true, noble mother."

"That happy Mezzogana, Abbot of Aquila, ordered him to be buried under the gallows, and did." "It was done that way." "Saint Terrence, bishop of the port where the Tiber empties into the sea, wants to be engraved on his tombstone with the same emblem that was planted on the grave of the regicide, in the hope that all who pass by will spit on his grave. That is If it is done, the will of the deceased must be obeyed." "I hope so." "Bernard Giduoni was born near the Rock of Bees in France, and was bishop in Tuyce, Spain, but his body, despite the King of Castile's disapproval, returned to Limoges according to his own fate. Dominican Church. Can we say it's not right?" "Must not, noble mammy." "It was confirmed by Plandavi de Lavers." A few rosary beads slid past quietly again, and the abbot went on to say: "Father, we want to put the suffering mother in the coffin where she has slept for twenty years." "That's what it should be." "That's the continuation of sleep." "Then, shall I nail her in that coffin?" "right." "And the coffin at the funeral home, shall we just put it aside?" "Not bad." "I always follow the orders of the most sublime monastery." "The four Sisters will come to help you." "For the nailing of the coffin? They don't need their help." "No. Help you carry the coffin down." "Where are you carrying it?" "In the cellar." "What cellar?" "Under the altar." Fauchelevent jumped up. "The cellar under the altar!" "The cellar under the altar." "But……" "You bring a bar." "Okay, but..." "You put the iron bar in the iron ring and unscrew the stone slab." "But……" "The will of the dead must be obeyed. To be buried in the cellar under the altar, free from the earth of the common people, and to remain in the place where she prayed when she died. This is the great wish of the Sister at the end of her life. She asked us That request was made, that is, that order was issued." "It's forbidden." "Man forbids, God commands." "What if someone finds out?" "We can trust you." "Oh, I, I am a stone in your wall." "The council meeting has already been held. I have just discussed with the councilors. They are still in the meeting. They have made a resolution. According to the last words of the suffering sister, she will be buried in her coffin and buried in our Under the altar of the monastery. Think, Lord Forefather, if there will be miracles here! What a blessing to this monastery! Miracles always appear in the tomb." "But, my noble mother, if the Sanitary Committee..." "Saint Benoit II defied Constantine Pogona on burial matters." "But the Commissioner of Police..." "Schonodmere, one of the seven Germanic kings who entered Gaul during the time of the Constantine Empire, affirmed the right of priests to be buried according to religious ceremonies, that is to say, buried under altars." "But the scout from the police station..." "The world is nothing before the cross. Martin Martin, the seventh abbot of Chartres Abbey, once set such a motto for his congregation: 'When the world is turned upside down, the cross stands.'" "Amen," said Fauchelevent.Whenever he heard Latin spoken, he used this method to save himself with seriousness. People who keep their mouth shut for too long can get satisfaction from any kind of conversational partner.On the day when the eloquent master Jim Nastoras was released from prison, he stopped in front of the first big tree he encountered, talked loudly to it, and made a great speech. Efforts to convince it.The dean has been silent for too long on weekdays, just like the water in a reservoir is blocked by a dam and cannot flow freely, and the savings are too full; she stood up, like an open sluice, talking endlessly. stop: "I, I have Benoit on my right, and Bernard on my left. What is Bernard? The first abbot of the Monastery of the Ming Valley. Fontaine in Burgundy can see his birth, that is a blessed place The name of his father was Desserin, and his mother was Yalette. He started his business in Cideaux and settled in Minggu. He was appointed Abbot of the seminary by Guillaume de Champs, Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône Yes, he had seven hundred novices and founded one hundred and sixty monasteries. In 1140 he overwhelmed Abelard, Pierre de Bruy, He and his disciple Henry, as well as some heretics of the so-called apostles. He once refuted Arnold de Brescia to be speechless, beat the Raoul monk who massacred the Jewish people, and presided over the 1148 The Synod at Reims, which had called for the sentence of Gilbert de Polay, bishop of Poitiers, had called for the sentence of Ayon de Etwalle, had mediated disputes between princes, had enlightened young Louis King, who assisted Pope Eugenius III, rectified the Knights Templar, and advocated the Crusades, he performed miracles 250 times in his life, and even performed 39 times in one day. Benoit And what? Godfather of Monte Cassino, Second Patriarch of the Monastery, Great Basile of the West. From the order he founded forty popes, two hundred cardinals, five Ten godfathers, 1,600 archbishops, 4,600 bishops, 4 emperors, 12 queens, 46 kings, 41 queens, 3,600 canonized saints , this order has lasted for fourteen hundred years. St. Bernard on the one hand, and some sanitation commissioners on the other! St. Benoit on the other, and scouts from the sanitation commission on the other! The state, the sanitation commission Funeral parlors, regulations, administration, what do we have to do with those things? Anyone who sees how we are treated will be outraged. We don't even have the right to give our dust to Jesus Christ! Your sanitation committee It was invented by the Revolutionary Party, and God has to be under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Police. This era is really out of the question. Don’t talk about it, Godfather!” Fauchelevent felt uncomfortable in the downpour.The dean went on to say: "No one should doubt the power of the abbey over burial matters. Only fanatics and skeptics deny it. We live in a time of terribly confused thought. What should be known is ignorant and ought not to be." You know it, everyone knows it all. Despicable, nasty. One is the very great St. Bernard, and there is another Bernard, a very good priest in the thirteenth century, the so-called Bernard of the Poor Catholics. Na', and today there are still many people who can't tell the difference between the two. Some people, deliberately blasphemy, compare the guillotine of Louis XVI with the cross of Jesus Christ. Louis XVI is just a king. Be careful God! There is no longer justice and injustice. The name Voltaire is known, but the name of Caesar de Buss is unknown to everyone. But Caesar de Buss is happy, Voltaire Unfortunately for Erthey. The previous archbishop, Cardinal Perigord, did not even know that Beryl's successor was Charles de Gondran, and that Gondran's successor was François Bourgoin. , Bourgoin's successor was François Xeno, and Jean-François Xeno's successor was the father of Saint-Martel. The name Father Godon was not known because he was striving to establish One of the three proponents of the church, but because his name became a curse word for the Protestant King Henry IV. St. Francis de Sally was loved by the wealthy because he could Hiding evil and promoting good. And today people attack religion. Why? Because there were some bad priests in the past, because Sagitel, bishop of Gap, is the brother of Salena, bishop of Umbrun, and they both followed Morocco. Moll. What does that matter? Can Martin de Tour stop him from becoming a saint, from giving half his robe to a poor man? They persecute the saints. They close their eyes to the truth The darkness is constant. The most ferocious beast is the blind beast. No one wants to think about hell. Oh! Heartless people! By the order of the king, today's interpretation is by the order of the revolution. Everyone Has forgotten his duty to the living and the dead. Clean death is also forbidden. Funerals become a public affair. It is really frightening. St. Leon II wrote two letters, one To Pierre Notaire, a letter addressed to the Visigothic king, dedicated to the struggle and refutation of the power of the governor-general and the arbitrariness of the emperor on the question of burials. Gautier, Bishop of Chalons, on this subject, I also fought against Othon, Duke of Burgundy. There was an agreement with the previous government. We used to have a say in the meeting table, even if it involved secular affairs. President, ex officio advisor to the Court of Burgundy. We do as we please with our own dead. Has not the body of St. Benoit himself been returned to France and buried in the Abbey of Fleury, the so-called St. Peter-sur-Loire? In the Abbey of Noir? Although he died in Monte Cassino, Italy, on a Saturday, March 21, 543. All this is undeniable. I despise those pretentious Psalm-singers, I hate those heads downPeople who pray, I despise those who are evil and crooked, but I especially hate those who have the opposite opinion.Just read a few books by Arnou Vion, Gabriel Bouslan, Trithem, Molo Ligus and Don Luc Dachely. " The abbot breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Fauchelevent and said: "Father, is it settled?" "Very well done, noble mammy." "Can we count on you?" "I obey orders." "That's good." "I am devoted to the monastery with all my heart." "That's it. You nail up the coffin. The nuns carry it into the altar. There's a death sacrifice. Then you go back to the cell. After eleven o'clock at night and before twelve o'clock, you come with the iron bars." .It will all be done in the utmost secrecy. There will be no one else in the altar except the four Sisters, the Sister Ascension, and you." "And the nun in front of the pillar." "She won't turn her head." "But she will hear." "She won't pay attention, and what the convent knows, the outside world won't know." The conversation was interrupted for another moment.The Dean continued: "You take down your bell. The nun at the post need not know that you are there." "Exalted Mammy?" "What's the matter, Master Cut?" "Did the coroner examine it?" "He's calling at four o'clock today. We've already rung for the coroner. Can't you hear any bells?" "I only pay attention to the clock that calls me." "That's very good, Mr. Mou." "My noble mother, you must have at least a six-foot iron bar." "Where are you going to find it?" "Look where there are iron fences. There are iron bars. There is a lot of scrap iron at the bottom of my garden." "Around three quarters of an hour before midnight, don't forget." "Exalted Mammy?" "What's up?" "If you have any other work of that kind, my brother is strong. Like a barbarian!" "You have to do it as fast as possible." "I'm not going anywhere soon, I'm a cripple, and that's why I need a helper. I'm lame." "Lameness is not a shortcoming, maybe it is a blessing. The emperor Henry II who overthrew the false pope Gregory and re-established Benoit VIII has two nicknames: saint and lame." "How nice to have two coats," muttered Fauchelevent, who was actually a little deaf. "Father, I remembered, I'd better plan to spend an entire hour. It's not too much. You must come to the altar with the iron bars at eleven o'clock. The ceremony starts at twelve o'clock on the night of the ceremony. It should be a quarter before the start The clock does everything." "I've always tried to show my devotion to the monastery by deeds. It's all agreed. I'll nail the coffin. At eleven o'clock I'll be inside the altar. The Sisters will be there, heaven. Mammy'll be there. Two men, it might be better. Never mind that! I've got my crowbar. We'll open the cellar, get the coffin down, and close the cellar. After that, a little There is no trace of it. The government will not be suspicious. Sublime mother, is it right to do so?" "No." "Then what's the matter?" "And the empty coffin." This problem took up some time.Fauchelevent was thinking, the Abbot was thinking. "Master Feng, what will they do if they take that coffin away?" "Buried in the ground." "Empty burial?" There was another silence.Fauchelevent made that gesture of dispelling doubts with his left hand. "My noble mother, it was I who went to nail the coffin in the low room of the chapel. No one but I could enter, and I took a coffin to cover the coffin." "Yes, but those porters must feel that there is nothing there when they are carried into the hearse and sent to the grave." "Ah! I see you...!" cried Fauchelevent. The Abbot began to cross himself, and stared at the gardener. The word "ghost" got stuck in his throat. He hastily concocted an emergency solution to cover up his blasphemy. "Exalted Mammy, I put some dirt in that coffin, as if someone was there." "You're right. Clay and people are the same thing. So arrange that empty coffin." "I will definitely do it." The dean's face, which had always been sullen and gloomy, was calm now.She made the sign that a superior would ask a subordinate to withdraw, and Fauchelevent walked towards the door.When he was about to step out the door, the dean raised his voice slightly and said: "Father, I am very satisfied with you. Tomorrow, after the funeral, bring your brother and ask him to bring his daughter too."