Then the Abbot and train prepare to go;
They fall into ranks in a double row;
While the chief, at their head, walks on before,
Without ere a word or a syllable more.
But old Peter just tarries behind to state
Why the Abbot had come there, and why so late.
He had noticed the monk who was rambling out,
And, inquiring, had learnt all the facts about.
When to Peter's surprise he declared his mind,
That to marry the couple he felt inclined.