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Passing into the cloister they came to the dining hall or "refectorium." Three long tables, a fourth where the elders and professors sat, on a raised platform at right angles to the others. A hundred men and boys had already assembled, and after a Latin grace, breakfast began.
"I have slept well, my father." "And hast not forgotten thy duty to God?" "I should do discredit to my teacher at Kenilworth if I did. I have been to the abbey church." "He is a man of God, and I doubt not thou art worthy of his love, for he writes of thee as a father might of a much-loved son. But now, my son, we must break our fast. Come to the refectorium with me."
He had killed them, and he, should he nevertheless live? With these fatal questions did the holy fathers occupy themselves, reflecting upon them in their gloomy leisure, and in low whisperings consulting with their prior. And in such secret consultation did Cardinal Francesco Albani find the prior with his confidant in the refectorium.
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