...h the monks, I counted above eleven hundred steps. I suppose, in fact, we went half a mile, at least. At last we found a lofty marble hall, at the upper end of which was a billiard-table, where Mr. Sparmann was playing with one of the monks, while down the middle was the supper-table. Eighteen monks were soon gathered round it, the whole number that inhabits this wide pile. There are eighty-nine i...