GENTLE DAWN CHORUS
RUNNING WATER
DRAIN GURGLES
CLOCK TICKS HEAVILY
DOOR CREAKS
FOOTSTEPS
DISTANT BIRDSONG
HINGE CREAKS
Hmm.
KNOCKING OF WOOD
BELLS RING
RINGING CEASES
WHISPERING
KNOCK OF WOOD ON WOOD
GREGORIAN CHANTING
WOOD PIGEON COOS
GENTLE BIRDSONG
INSECTS BUZZ
GATE CREAKS
STEMS SNAP
DOOR CLOSES
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Benidicite. Benedicite.
GREGORIAN CHANTING
The rule of our Holy Father, St Benedict, Chapter the 38th -
The Weekly Reader.
During meals, there shall be complete silence,
disturbed by no whispering.
Nor should anyone's voice be heard except the reader's.
Everyone in the community should be attentive to
the needs of their neighbours as they eat and drink,
so that there should be no need for anyone to ask for what they require.
However, if such a need should arise, there should be agreed
signs for such requests,
so as to avoid the sound of voices.
No-one should venture to ask a question about the reading
during the meal times, nor about anything else,
for fear of provoking a breakdown in silence.
Chapter the 39th -
The Amount Of Food To Be Made Available.
Whether the main meal each day is at noon or in mid-afternoon,
two cooked dishes on every table should be enough to
allow for differences of taste, so that those who feel
unable to eat from one may be satisfied with the other.
Two dishes, then, should be enough for the needs of all, but if there
is a supply of fruit and fresh vegetables available,
a third may be added.
The full pound of bread every day for each
member of the community should be enough, both on days when there is
only one meal and on those when there is a supper as well as dinner.
If the community is to have supper, the cellarer must retain
a third of each one's bread ration to give them at supper.
Ye must always be careful, however, to avoid excessive eating,
which might also cause indigestion.
Nothing is so opposed to Christian values as overeating,
as we can see from the words of our Lord -
"Take care that your hearts are not weighed down by overeating."
GAVEL BANGS
DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
METALLIC WHIRRING
BELLS RING
RINGING CEASES
GREGORIAN CHANTING
CHANTING IN CHORUS
FOOTSTEPS