Excerpt from Publications of the Catholic Truth Society The eager Benedict brooked no delay, and prepara tions at once commenced: there were no farewells, save perhaps a few tears before his Madonna on the wall. The careful Cyrilla made up a bundle, and evading prying eyes, the two passed through the gates of the city, and sallied forth into the Campagna. They were a strange pair on a strange journey: the boy light and joyous, like a bird escaping from its cage; Cyrilla sad, silent, and distrustful: he with his thoughts bounding on to some undefined region where he could be with God alone; she with her thoughts at Nursia wondering what his father would say. But where were they going? Simply onwards, they knew not where, but making for the blue line of mountains in the distance. For forty miles they trudged on, passing villa and hamlet, until they reached Enfide at the base of the Sabine mountains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.