Mystical Paths Part IV

Nicholas then starts to think about how Christian might have gotten out of the life he was leading... and comes up with the idea that (given his religious background) he could have decided to join the Fordite Monks, under an assumed name. He had studied theology, and although he had earlier professed to be an agnostic, Nick thinks that he might have changed his mind as he found that his worldly success did not satisfy him. He could have become a monk, gotten away from the cloying attentions of women, and led a life of scholarship in a monastery. Nick goes back to his father's monastery to pursue the investigation but then he has a weird experience, believing that he saw a monk in the garden who resembled Christian.. who then disappeared. He gets frightened by this apparent supernatural experience and the Prior sends for a local expert in the paranormal, to help calm him down. He meets Lewis Hall.