But the Lord often works in mysterious ways. Last Spring, on the night t he old brother departed from this world, the clock stopped at exactly11.57. The merciful saviour did not allow him to stay another day.
然而，上帝常不按人的計畫表行事，去年春末，老修士故去的那夜，時間正好停留十一點五十七分，他心目中仁慈的上帝不願再多留他一天。