"Everyone comes for that now.

Once upon a time they came to see a pope! Certainly! There was a pope at Jenne once--Alexander IV, You will see the inscription: '_Colores aestivos vitandi caussa.'_ Now they come for a saint.

He ought to be more than a pope, but I fear he is less.

Did you see the two sick people?
did you see the students from Rome?
Ah! you will see other astonishing things, other astonishing things! But, after all, I am afraid he is less than a pope! A pleasant journey to you!" Beyond the cross, they ascended with the open sky before them, between the green ridges, which slope downward, forming the lonely hollow of Jenne, which is crowned on the opposite side with that wretched herd of poor dwellings, dominated by the campanile.

Giovanni had been to Jenne before, but it did not seem to him in any way changed because a saint now lived there, and miracles were performed there.