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for my kinsman and I to do it, for there is not a lay-brother in the monastery strong enough to raise up the great stones that covered it.

Prior. In the very spot, sayest thou?

Peas. In the very spot.

Prior. Bear thy torch before us, and we'll follow thee.

Omnes. (eagerly, Osterloo excepted.} Let us go immediately.

Prior. (to Osterloo, who stands fixed to the spot.) Will not Count Osterloo go also? It is fitting that he should.

Ost. (rousing himself.) O, most assuredly: I am perfectly ready to follow you. [