"Thank you, Abbot," said William, "it is my great pleasure to be in your reverence's monastery, whose fame has spread beyond the mountains. I come as a pilgrim in the name of our Lord, and you have honored me as such. But I also come in the name of our earthly ruler, as the letter I hand you will tell you, and on his behalf I thank you for your welcome." The Abbot took the letter with the imperial seals and said that William's arrival had been announced in other letters from his brothers (and then I thought with some pride that it is difficult to surprise a Benedictine abbot); then he asked the storekeeper to lead us to our quarters, while the stablemen took our animals. The Abbot expected to visit us later, when we would be rested, and we entered the large courtyard, where the monastery's buildings extended over the entire peaceful plateau, which softened the summit of the mountain with its hollow—or its flatness.
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