The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 31

In which two travellers, one a soldier and the other a chronicler, debate the disagreeable rigours and petty tyrannies of monastic life as they consider resting at a convent, contrasting it with the warmth and civility of inns. Their spirited dialogue reveals personal grievances and cultural contrasts, shaded with a humour that unmasks the true hardship lurking beneath the cloister’s austere façade.