\"Trytopreventhisdoingso,\"Iadded,\"evenbyviolence,butinthefirstplaceendeavourtopacifyhim。\"
Nodoubtthecountwasafraid,forhecalledouttohisservantsandorderedthemtofetchthepriest,whetherhecouldcomeorno。Hisorderwasexecuted,andthepriestwasledin,foamingwithrage,cursingthecount,callinghimexcommunicatedwretch,whoseverybreathwaspoisonous;swearingthatneveranothermassshouldbesunginthechapelthathadbeenpollutedwithsacrilege,andfinallypromisingthatthearchbishopshouldavengehim。
Thecountlethimsayon,andthenforcedhimintoachair,andtheunworthyecclesiasticnotonlyatebutgotdrunk。Thuspeacewasconcluded,andtheabbeforgotallhiswrongs。
AfewdayslatertwoCapuchinscametovisithimatnoon。Theydidnotgo,andashedidnotcaretodismissthem,dinnerwasservedwithoutanyplacebeinglaidforthefriars。Thereuponthebolderofthetwoinformedthecountthathehadhadnodinner。Withoutreplying,thecounthadhimacommodatedwithaplatefulofrice。TheCapuchinrefusedit,sayingthathewasworthytosit,notonlyathistable,butatamonarch’s。Thecount,whohappenedtobeinagoodhumour,repliedthattheycalledthemselves\"unworthybrethren,\"andthattheywereconsequentlynotworthyofanyofthisworld’sgoodthings。
TheCapuchinmadebutapooranswer,andasIthoughtthecounttobeintherightIproccededtobackhimup,tellingthefriarheoughttobeashamedathavingcommittedthesinofpride,sostrictlycondemnedbytherulesofhisorder。