`PhoebesilvarumquepotensDiana！’Thehorsestoodstilltillhehadfinishedthehymn，whichJuderepeatedundertheswayofapolytheisticfancythathewouldneverhavethoughtofhumouringinbroaddaylight。
Reachinghome，hemusedoverhiscurioussuperstition，innateoracquired，indoingthis，andthestrangeforgetfulnesswhichhadledtosuchalapsefromcommonsenseandcustominonewhowished，nexttobeingascholar，tobeaChristiandivine。Ithadallcomeofreadingheathenworksexclusively。Themorehethoughtofitthemoreconvincedhewasofhisinconsistency。Hebegantowonderwhetherhecouldbereadingquitetherightbooksforhisobjectinlife。CertainlythereseemedlittleharmonybetweenthispaganliteratureandthemediaevalcollegesatChristminster，thatecclesiasticalromanceinstone。
UltimatelyhedecidedthatinhissheerloveofreadinghehadtakenupawrongemotionforaChristianyoungman。HehaddabbledinClarke’sHomer，buthadneveryetworkedmuchattheNewTestamentintheGreek，thoughhepossessedacopy，obtainedbypostfromasecond-handbookseller。
HeabandonedthenowfamiliarIonicforanewdialect，andforalongtimeonwardlimitedhisreadingalmostentirelytotheGospelsandEpistlesinGriesbach’stext。Moreover，ongoingintoAlfredstononeday，hewasintroducedtopatristicliteraturebyfindingatthebookseller’ssomevolumesoftheFatherswhichhadbeenleftbehindbyaninsolventclergymanoftheneighbourhood。
AsanotheroutcomeofthischangeofgroovehevisitedonSundaysallthechurcheswithinawalk，anddecipheredtheLatininscriptionsonfifteenth-centurybrassesandtombs。Ononeofthesepilgrimageshemetwithahunch-backedoldwomanofgreatintelligence，whoreadeverythingshecouldlayherhandson，andshetoldhimmoreyetoftheromanticcharmsofthecityoflightandlore。Thitherheresolvedasfirmlyasevertogo。