The Prior at length recollected himself sufficiently to be aware that he was compromising his dignity, by squabbling with such a hedge-priest as the Outlaw's chaplain, and being joined by his attendants, rode off with considerably less pomp, and in a much more apostolical condition, so far as worldly matters were concerned, than he had exhibited before this rencounter.
Végül a prior ráeszmélt arra, hogy árt a méltóságának, ha folytatja a szóváltást egy olyan zugpappal, mint a haramiák lelkipásztora. Közben kísérői is előkerültek, és a prior ellovagolt - sokkal szeré­nyeb­ben, mint ahogy érkezett - kevésbé pompásan, de földi javak tekintetében sokkal apostolibb állapotban.