The monk appears from the church. The little lizards have rung the alarm, alerting somewhat smaller but more intelligent demons who are under complete control, having entered a program of religious instruction, and only do good works these days, such as counting cars that go by (none) or jets that go by (lots) or flies that go by (won't tell you here, but the number looks a bit like Pi). These demons aren't allowed to talk directly the monk (though he does look kindly on them), but they manage to get messages to him, and so, somehow or other, he knows to get up from prayer and go out to talk to Jacob.     It was a library-in-progress for the Russian Orthodox monks of St. Anthony.