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Until the day when this unmerited persecution fell on Brother Gorenflot , he had led a contemplative and easy life , diverting himself on occasions at the Corne d'Abondance , when he had gained a little money from the faithful . He was one of those monks for whom the world began at the prior of the convent , and finished at the cook . And now he was sent forth to seek for adventures . He had no money ; so that when out of Paris and he heard eleven o'clock -LRB- the time for dinner at the convent -RRB- strike , he sat down in dejection . His first idea was to return to the convent , and ask to be put in confinement , instead of being sent in to exile , and even to submit to the discipline , provided they would insure him his repasts . His next was more reasonable . He would go to the Corne d'Abondance , send for Chicot , explain to him the lamentable situation into which he had helped to bring him , and obtain aid from this generous friend .