[This is a piece written about the Benedictine monastery located between Mexico City and Cuernavaca . One of Griffin's abiding passions was the study of the monastic life. In the case of this piece, he did hope to publish it but was not successful. Nonetheless, in writing it, he was consistent in his ongoing interest in monasticism. Several of his short stories of this period are about characters in monasteries--both serious, like "Metamorphosis" and comic, like the Friar Clud stories. His first novel,The Devil Rides Outside, takes place in part in a monastery. Relating in general to this passion for the monastic life are his lectures on Gregorian Chant, combining the roots of monasticism with the flower of medieval music.