78. The expressions which I have used are temperate and
feeble, if compared with the vehement invectives of Jerom
(tom. i. p.13, 45, 144, etc. [tom. p. 259, etc., ed.
Vallars.]). In his turn he was reproached with the guilt
which he imputed to his other monks: and the Sceleratus,
the Versipellis, was publicly accused as the lover of the
widow Paula (tom. ii. p. 363). He undoubtedly possessed the
affections both of the mother and the daughter; but declares
that he never abused his influence to any selfish or sensual
purpose.