Excerpt from The Monks of World, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel
"Here dwell no frowns nor anger; from these gates Sorrow flies afar."
Two novices are waiting for the ceremony of reception. They have been placed side by side upon a seat at the lower end of the great hall, and have been enjoined to wait in silent meditation. The low seat perhaps typifies the stool of repentance; but until the reception is over one hardly likes to speculate on the meaning of things. One of the novices is a man, and the other a girl. Two by two the fraternity have entered into this ark, and two by two they go out of it. So much only is known to the outer world.
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