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‘I hear you’ve finished the cross, Jonathan. Of course it’s a replica of the cross you saw in your vision, so I suppose all you now have to do is build the chapel, isn’t it? Then I can shine a torch through the north window and you can claim a miracle.’

‘That’s right, Father. But before I build the chapel I was hoping we could resume our talks.’

‘Getting impatient? Patience is in many ways the most difficult of all virtues, Jonathan, and one which I feel it would pay you to cultivate.’

‘Yes, Father.’

‘Perhaps you might have another vision while you wait. It would pass the time.’

‘Yes, Father.’

‘Jonathan, doesn’t it occur to you that this humourless docility is the height of veiled insolence? I detest it – the least you could do to placate me would be to smile at my witty remarks!’

‘What witty remarks, Father?’

‘Very funny. All right, get out. The Lord Abbot-General is quite definitely not amused.’

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