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dynasty�此  �it   is   reached   by   the   white   roads   of   a   limestone   country�察  �and 

backed   by  a   young   plantation�察  �and   it   gathers   its   group   of   buildings   in   a 

cleft high up among the hills of Wales。           The brown habit is this�察�and these 

are the sandals�察�that come and go by hills of finer�察�sharper�察�and loftier line�察�

edging   the   dusk   and   dawn   of   an   Umbrian   sky。   Just   such   a   Via   Crucis 

climbs the height above Orta�察�and from the foot of its final crucifix you 

can see the sunrise touch the top of Monte Rosa�察�while the encircled lake 

below is cool with the last of the night。            The same order of friars keep 

that   sub´   Alpine    Monte    Sacro�察   �and  the   same    have   set  the  Kreuzberg 

beyond   Bonn   with   the   same   steep   path   by   the   same   fourteen   chapels�察�

facing the Seven Mountains and the Rhine。 

     Here�察�in North Wales�察�remote as the country is�察�with the wheat green 

over the blunt hill´tops�察�and the sky vibrating with larks�察�a long wing of 

smoke lies round the  horizon。           The country�察 �rather thinly and   languidly 

cultivated above�察�has a valuable sub´soil�察�and is burrowed with mines�察�the 

breath   of   pit   and   factory�察  �out   of   sight�察  �thickens   the   lower   sky�察  �and   lies 

heavily over the sands of Dee。          It leaves the upper blue clear and the head 

of Orion�察�but dims the flicker of Sirius and shortens the steady ray of the 

evening star。 The people scattered about are not mining people�察�but half´ 

hearted agriculturists�察�and very poor。         Their cottages are rather cabins�察�not 

a tiled roof is in the country�察�but the slates have taken some beauty with 

time�察�having dips and dimples�察�and grass upon their edges。                The walls are 

all thickly whitewashed�察�which is a pleasure to see。             How willingly would 

one swish the harmless whitewash over more than half the colour ´ over 

all the chocolate and all the blue ´ with which the buildings of the world 



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are stained�      �You could not wish for a better�察�simpler�察�or fresher harmony 

than whitewash makes with the slight sunshine and the bright grey of an 

English sky。 

     The grey´stone�察�grey´roofed monastery looks young in one sense ´ it is 

modern�察�and the friars look young in another ´ they are like their brothers 

of   an   earlier   time。  No   one�察  �except   the   journalists   of   yesterday�察  �would 

spend upon them those tedious words�察 �quaint�察─�or ;old world。;                     No such 

weary adjectives are spoken here�察�unless it be by the excursionists。 

     With large aprons tied over their brown habits�察�the Lay Brothers work 

upon   their   land�察 �planting   parsnips   in   rows�察  �or   tending   a  prosperous   bee´ 

farm。     A young friar�察�who sang the High Mass yesterday�察�is gaily hanging 

the washed linen in the sun。         A printing press�察�and a machine which slices 

turnips�察�are at work in an outhouse�察�and the yard thereby is guarded by a St 

Bernard�察     �whose    single   evil   deed   was    that  under    one   of   the  obscure 

impulses of a dog's heart ´atoned for by long and self´conscious remorse ´ 

he bit the poet�察�and tried�察�says one of the friars�察�to make doggerel of him。 

The poet�察�too�察�lives at the monastery gates�察�and on monastery ground�察�in a 

seclusion which the tidings of the sequence of his editions hardly reaches。 

There is no disturbing renown to be got among the cabins of the Flintshire 

hills。   Homeward�察�over the verge�察�from other valleys�察�his light figure flits 

at nightfall�察�like a moth。 

     To   the   coming   and   going   of   the   friars�察  �too�察  �the   village   people   have 

become well used�察�and the infrequent excursionists�察�for lack of intelligence 

and   of   any  knowledge   that   would   refer   to   history�察  �look   at   them   without 

obtrusive   curiosity。      It   was   only   from   a   Salvation   Army   girl   that   you 

heard the brutal word of contempt。            She had come to the place with some 

companions�察�and with them was trespassing�察�as she was welcome to   do�察�

within the monastery grounds。            She stood�察�a figure for Bournemouth pier�察�

in her grotesque bonnet�察�and watched the son of the Umbrian saint ´ the 

friar   who   walks   among   the   Giotto   frescoes   at   Assisi   and   between   the 

cypresses of Bello Sguardo�察�and has paced the centuries continually since 

the coming of the friars。 One might have asked of her the kindness of a 

fellow´feeling。       She   and   he   alike   were   so   habited   as   to   show  the   world 

that their life was aloof from its ;idle business。;            By some such phrase�察�at 



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least�察  �the   friar  would     assuredly     have    attempted     to  include    her   in  any 

spiritual   honours   ascribed   to   him。      Or   one   might   have   asked   of   her   the 

condescension   of   forbearance。           ;Only   fancy�察─  �said   the   Salvation   Army 

girl�察  �watching   the   friar   out   of   sight�察   �only   fancy   making   such   a   fool   of 

one's self� ─�

     The     great   hood     of  the   friars�察  �which     is  drawn     over   the   head    in 

Zurbaran's ecstatic picture�察�is turned to use when the friars are busy。                    As a 

pocket   it   relieves   the  over´burdened hands。           A  bottle  of the  local   white 

wine   made   by   the   brotherhood   at   Genoa�察  �and   sent   to   this   house   by   the 

West�察�is carried in the cowl as a present to the stranger at the gates。                     The 

friars tell how a brother resolved�察�at Shrovetide�察�to make pancakes�察�and not 

only   to   make�察  �but   also   to   toss   them。   Those   who   chanced   to   be   in   the 

room stood prudently aside�察�and the brother tossed boldly。                      But that was 

the last that was seen of his handiwork。              Victor Hugo sings in La Legende 

des   Siecles   of   disappearance   as   the   thing   which   no   creature   is   able   to 

achieve�此  �here   the   impossibility   seemed   to   be   accomplished   by   quite   an 

ordinary and a simple pancake。              It was clean gone�察�and there was an end 

of it。    Nor could   any explanation of   this ceasing of   a pancake from  the 

midst   of   the   visible   world   be   so   much   as   divined   by   the   spectators。    It 

was only when the brother�察�in church�察�knelt down to meditate and drew his 

cowl about his head that the accident was explained。 

     Every midnight the sweet contralto bells call the community�察�who get 

up gaily to this difficult service。          Of all duties this one never grows easy 

or familiar�察�and therefore never habitual。               It is something to have found 

but one act aloof from habit。           It is not merely that the friars overcome the 

habit of sleep。       The subtler point is that they can never acquire the habit 

of sacrificing sleep。 What art�察�what literature�察�or what life but would gain a 

secret     security    by   such   a   point   of   perpetual     freshness    and    perpetual 

initiative�拭    �It is not possible to get up at midnight without a will that is 

new night by night。           So should the writer's work be done�察�and�察�with   an 

intention perpetually unique�察�the poet's。 

     The   contralto   bells   have   taught   these Western   hills   the   ;Angelus;   of 

the French fields�察�and the hour of night ´ l'ora di notte ´ which rings with 

so   melancholy   a   note   from   the   village   belfries   on   the   Adriatic   littoral�察�



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