Chapter 50 Chapter Forty-Five

Evening between Vespers and Vespers Briefly describe the panic and confusion at this moment It is not easy to describe what happened next in the evening between Vespers and Vespers. William went back to his room.I wandered around the stables by myself, but didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.The groom brought in the horse, which was restless because of the wind.Otherwise everything is peaceful. I went into the chapel.Everyone was seated, but the Dean noticed that George was not present.He gestured to delay the beginning of the liturgy.He called Benno, intending to send him to the old man, but Benno was not there.It was pointed out that he might be preparing to lock the office.The dean said irritably that he had said that Benno was not responsible for locking the door because he didn't know the rules.

Emaro stood up: "If the dean agrees, let me find him..." The dean replied curtly: "No one asks you to do anything." Emaro had no choice but to sit down, but glanced at Ficifeka with ulterior motives.The dean called Nicholas again, but Nicholas didn't arrive either.He was reminded that Nicholas was preparing dinner.The dean waved his hand in boredom, as if he was displeased that everyone saw his annoyance. "I want George," he cried. "Go and get him! You go!" he ordered to the novice master. Another reported to him that Alinardo was also missing.

"I know," said the dean. "He's not feeling well." I was sitting near Peter in Santabino, and I heard him say to his neighbor, Guenzo of Rolla, in a central Italian dialect I half understood: "I think so too. Poor old man and hospitalist today. Distraught after a long conversation. Arbo behaves like a whore in Avignon!" The novices were all at a loss, and like me, their childish sensibilities were aware of the tense atmosphere shrouded in the seats.Seconds of silence and embarrassment passed by. The dean ordered the hymns to be sung, and he himself picked out three hymns that should not be sung at evening prayer according to the canon. All the people looked at each other, and then bowed their heads and prayed in a low voice.The trainee monk came back, followed by Benno, who sat down in his seat with his head down.George was not in the office, and no one was in his room.The dean ordered the ceremony to begin.

After the service, before everyone went to the restaurant for dinner, I went back to the guest house to call William.He was lying on the grass with all his clothes on, motionless.He said he didn't know it was so late.I gave him a brief account of what had just happened, and he shook his head. At the door of the restaurant we see Nicholas who had accompanied George a few hours earlier. William asked him if the old man had gone directly to the dean earlier.Nicholas says Jorge waited a long time outside the door because Alinardo and Emaro were in the hallway.After George went in, he stayed inside for a while, while Nicholas waited for him outside.Then he came out and asked Nicholas to accompany him to the chapel.It was an hour before evening prayers, so the chapel was empty.

The dean saw us talking to the new administrator. ※Bandhammer Academy's E-Book※ "Brother William," he admonished, "are you still investigating?" He ordered William to sit at his table, as usual, for the hospitality of the Order of St. Benedict was sacred. Supper was more solemn than usual, and sad.The dean was preoccupied and ate listlessly.When the meal was over, he ordered the monks to hasten to the chapel for vespers. Alinardo and George are still absent.The monks pointed to the empty seat of the blind old man and whispered.After the service the Abbot asked all to pray especially for George's health, whether he meant physical health or eternal health, it was not known.Then the abbot ordered each monk to hurry back to his room and go to bed.He specifically emphasized that "everyone" is not allowed to stay outside the dormitory.The terrified apprentice monks left first, covered their faces with turbans, and lowered their heads, not daring to chat, crowd, and giggle like usual (although the apprentice monks are young monks, they are actually children, and the teacher’s reprimands can’t stop them Behaving like a boy, after all, that's just a child's nature).

When the adult monks also lined out, I humbly joined the line, right behind the small group of what I now call the "Italians."Ficifeka whispered to Emaro: "Do you really believe that Abo doesn't know where George is?" Emaro replied: "Maybe he knows, he knows that George will never come back. Maybe the old man asked for it." Too much, and Abou doesn't want him anymore..." As William and I pretended to retreat to the Pilgrim House, we caught a glimpse of the Dean entering the cathedral through the still-open dining room door.William and I waited a while, and after everyone had left, he told me to follow him.We walked quickly across the deserted courtyard and into the chapel.