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Voice of Adso as an Old Man:I have never regretted my decision, for I learned from my master much that was wise and good and true. When at last we parted company, he presented me with his eyeglasses. I was still young - he said - but someday they would serve me well. And in fact, I'm wearing them now on my nose as I write these lines. Then he embraced me fondly - like a father - and sent me on my way. I never saw him again, and know not what became of him, but I pray always that God received his soul, and forgave the many little vanities to which he was driven by his intellectual pride. And yet, now that I am an old, old man, I must confess that of all the faces that appear to me out of the past, the one I see most clearly is that of the girl of whom I've never ceased to dream these many long years. She was the only earthly love in my life, yetVoice of Adso as an Old Man:I never knew, nor ever learned, her name
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I have never regretted my decision
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for I learned from my master much that was wise and good and true
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When at last we parted company he presented me with his eyeglasses
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I was still young he said but someday they would serve me well
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And in fact I am wearing them now on my nose as I write these lines
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Then he embraced me fondly like a father and sent me on my way
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I never saw him again and know not what became of him
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but I pray always that God received his soul and forgave
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the many little vanities to which he was driven by his intellectual pride
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And yet now that I am an old old man
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I must confess that of all the faces that appear to me out of the past
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the one I see most clearly is that of the girl
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of whom I've never ceased to dream these many long years
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She was the only earthly love of my life
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yet I never knew nor ever learned her name
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Movie Summary
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.