to his cloister, and related the whole occurrence to his disciples. On the great feasts of the year, Easter and Pentecost, he himself put on this garment of one who had so perfectly practised Christ-like poverty. St Jerome, who describes this life, concludes thus:—“I beg of thee, O my reader, to remember the poor sinner Jerome, who, if God were to give him the choice, would prefer to clothe himself in the mantle of the holy Paul with his merits, rather than in the purple of kings with lands and vassals.”