I had to send someone from the abbey, or Anselm would have been suspicious.
The sound of casual footsteps had ceased from the abbey.
But that could take weeks, and he has an excellent guide-a young Brother from the abbey who knows the country.
The planning for such a journey from the abbey had already been done, centuries before.
He looked back over his shoulder several times as he moved out from the abbey.
The trek up from the abbey was a difficult one under the best of conditions.
Already they were a good four leagues from the abbey, in a wide green country scattered with villages.
A group of the brothers from the abbey came down to see what was happening.
Features of interest include the 17th century pulpit and the great east window which probably came from the abbey.
The next day he learned that a holy man from the abbey at Melrose had died.