Now this and suchlike converse with the Bishop so moved Serapion that he lost the quietude of soul and the deep gladness of heart which are the portion of the cloister.  Day and night his thought was flying under sail across the sea towards the Earthly Paradise, and others there were who were of one longing with him.  Wherefore at last they prayed leave of the Abbot to build a ship and to try the venture.