o do ely cogetood  trougstone, making all t or straigting knives, t of almost ty, became Goldmunds friend. erest and curiosity. Goldmund promised to teaco play te, ry  carving. If at times Goldmund felt rater and in Narcissuss presence, o recover in timidly and admired en asked o tell  Master Niklaus and ty. Sometimes Goldmund o tell stories. toniso find ting like an old man, talking about travels and adventures of t,  to begin.

    Recently ly and aged far beyond  to no one, since only one man tled life may already rengt ts many ivity at ts residence and t gruesome nigle cellar o s, and several signs of tayed ain fatigue inside t, a slackening of desire and curiosity, a gray sions for ions s at t ters,  at otimes  for ed, smiling and dreaming, given over to apathy and indifference.

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    mas ook on anoto er; nobody saudents at ted trolled under took   ten visited as a student. And  ant Erico enter ain days Eric  of him.

    For t  t o be in ts, one representing t, tairs, gro of a sturdy oak trunk and , o represent creation, images of nature and of triarcs. t, t, ures of tles. One of ts o raits of blessed Abbot Daniel; anotin, atue of Luke o eternalize Master Niklaus.