1.Possibly the point here is not the sheer quantity but the inner attitude of the Pilgrim: the starets wishes to test his obedience and readiness to fulfil an appointed task without deviation.

1.也许关键不在的数目，而朝圣者内心的态度——老希望以此试验他的服从，看他毫无偏差地完成老所要他做的。