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WHEN then he previous Conference was ended, and the intervening silence
of night as well, as we had been conducted by the holy Abbot Joseph to a
separate cell for the sake of quiet, but had passed the whole night without
sleep (since owing to his words a fire was raging in our hearts), we came
forth from the cell and retired about a hundred yards from it and sat down
in a secluded spot. And so as an opportunity was given by the shades of
night for secret and familiar converse together, as we sat there Abbot
Germanus groaned heavily.
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