common faith in divinity. At one point Clarel exchanges looks with Celio, an Italian youth with lumbago who, as a foundling, was reared too protectively by Catholic monks in a Jerusalem monastery but remained very skeptical of Catholicism. The two young men recognize each other as kindred spirits and realize it would be a good idea to meet, but neither takes the initiative. When Celio dies shortly thereafter, Clarel feels he may have passed up an opportunity to regain his faith.

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