And, behold, soonaftermiddaythereweresignsofsomething, 'clockthosesignshadbecomesoclearandunmistakable, thatthenewsswiftlyreachedallthemonksandvisitorsinthehermitage, promptlypenetratedtothemonastery, throwingallthemonksintoamazement, andfinally, intheshortestpossibletime, spreadtothetown, excitingeveryoneinit, , andasforthebelieverssomeofthemrejoicedevenmorethantheunbelievers, for "menlovethedownfallanddisgraceoftherighteous," asthedeceasedelderhadsaidinoneofhisexhortations.
Thefactisthatasmellofdecompositionbegantocomefromthecoffin, growinggraduallymoremarked, andbythreeo', nosuchscandalcouldberecalled, andinnoothercircumstancescouldsuchascandalhavebeenpossible, , evenmanyyearsafterwards, somesensiblemonkswereamazedandhorrified, whentheyrecalledthatday, , monksofveryholylifehaddied, Godfearingoldmen, whosesaintlinesswasacknowledgedbyall, yetfromtheirhumblecoffins, too, thebreathofcorruptionhadcome, naturally, asfromalldeadbodies, , informertimes, saintsinthemonasterywhosememorywascarefullypreservedandwhoserelics, accordingtotradition, , andthetraditionofitwascherishedassomethingblessedandmiraculous, andasapromise, byGod'sgrace, ofstillgreatergloryfromtheirtombsinthefuture.
