In 1978, a lone classicist at Boston University tried to tell the world about this whole “perverse” idea. But the world wasn’t quite ready. Before we leave the Benedictine Abbey of Sant Pere de Galligants, I have to ask Ruck one final question. “Do you think this vindicates the past forty years of your tortured life?” He grinned. “Well, it will certainly make some people unhappy, won’t it?”
