Question from the same to the same Great Old Man: “I know, father, that these things happen to me on account of my sins, and that I lack good sense and am the cause of evil. Yet the one who brings me to this distress is the abbot, because he is neglectful and overlooks things. As a result of this, they are destroyed, and I cannot bear this. So what should I do? For I respond to these thoughts and do not receive any strength [to deal with them]. And forgive me, that ‘once I have spoken,