;A ?quot; ;No, young man, you keep your gold piece. Listen noold you omarily deals ices. But I am no ordinary master, nor are you an ordinary apprentice. Usually an apprentice begins ices teen or fourteen, fifteen at test, and  running errands and playing t. But you are a groo your age, you could long er even. Our guild ice. Besides, as I told you before, I dont like to keep an apprentice in my s .quot;

    Goldmunds impatience  its peak. Every neful er put enter all seemed disgustingly boring and pedantic to ly ;ell me all t  to make me your apprentice?quot;

    Firmly ter continued: quot;I  about your request for an  ience to listen to me. I  s, but it is beautiful. If it  beautiful, I ten about you. t is all I  to ist; per is your destiny. But youre too old to become an apprentice. And only an apprentice er in our guild. Noions. But you so give it a try. If you can maintain yourself in ty for a ion, no contract, you can leave again ry your skill at ot satisfy you?quot;

    Ashamed and moved, Goldmund had heard his words.

    quot;I t,quot; ;I am o keep alive in ty as and t you dont y for me as for a young apprentice. I consider it a great fortune to be alloo learn from you. I ttom of my  for doing t;