He wanted to beg from them till he had collected the thirty
zecchines. So he sat through the first night without anybody coming.
Towards morning the door was opened for the peasants who brought in
provisions, and the bold idea occurred to him of trying to get in
with them, but he was immediately detected and thrashed again. This,
however, did not frighten him; he repeated the attempt every morning,
though unsuccessfully. He slept on the ground, and ate from the
rubbish heaps; he was jeered at by the children, beaten by the
adults, and took everything quietly, convinced that some day his
dream would be fulfilled. For thirty days he sat at the gate and
received no money, but on the thirty-first he got up in order to
take some exercise. He wandered down into the Valley of Hinnom, and
his dog "Trusty" ran in front of him.
After he had walked for a while he noticed that his companion had
vanished. When he called him, the dog answered by barking. The
pilgrim followed the sound, and presently he saw the dog standing by
a hole in the wall. There was an entrance, and, following his guide,
he came without hindrance right into the town. The first thing he
did was to visit the Holy Sepulchre, but it was closed. Then he
remembered that there was a Patriarch of Jerusalem, who in some
degree acted as a protector of the Christians.
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