Mystery!: Cadfael (TV Series)
The Devil's Novice (1996)
Terrence Hardiman: Abbot Radulfus
Quotes
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Abbot Radulfus : How is Brother Jerome?
Brother Cadfael : Oh, his throat will mend, but a week or two will pass before his voice returns.
Abbot Radulfus : Then even in the worst deed, there is some good.
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Abbot Radulfus : What is your prayer, my son?
Meriet Ashby : Father, to enter the cloistered life and serve God.
Abbot Radulfus : The life you seek is a hard one. Are you ready to accept that hardship, to obey and to bear ignominy for the love of Christ?
Meriet Ashby : Yes, by the grace of God.
Abbot Radulfus : Stand.
[Meriet does]
Abbot Radulfus : Are you freeborn, in good health, and free from incurable disease?
Meriet Ashby : Yes, by the grace of God.
Abbot Radulfus : Are you free from debt and irregularities?
Meriet Ashby : Yes, by the grace of God.
Abbot Radulfus : Are you bound by promise of marriage?
Meriet Ashby : [with the barest noticeable hesitation] No, by the grace of God.
Abbot Radulfus : Then your prayer is granted.
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Abbot Radulfus : Unrequited love?
Brother Cadfael : He is passionate. The lady chose his brother.
Abbot Radulfus : And for that he shuts himself away?
Brother Cadfael : He will admit no other reason.
Prior Robert : Well, better that than murder.
Brother Cadfael : You mean Canon Eluard's suspicions?
Prior Robert : Given credence, surely, by his savage attack on Brother Jerome?
Brother Cadfael : No, no, no. Meriet would have stopped.
Prior Robert : Would he? I think, Brother Cadfael, that you see yourself in that young man. That doesn't mean you can read his heart.
Brother Cadfael : No, but I think it wise, Father, for someone to visit his father, Leoric Ashby.
Prior Robert : To what end?
Brother Cadfael : Because it is not too late for him to haul the boy back from vows for which he is manifestly ill-suited.
Abbot Radulfus : A sensible thought. This is no hideaway for lovesick youth, Brother Prior.
