This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... on the armed crowd in the choir. The Fellowship were there in force, and their manners in the church were not much better than in the hall. The old priest with his white hair and rich vestments was ready to marry Alice Tilney, the only female descendant of the ancient house who had helped to build the church, whose ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... on the armed crowd in the choir. The Fellowship were there in force, and their manners in the church were not much better than in the hall. The old priest with his white hair and rich vestments was ready to marry Alice Tilney, the only female descendant of the ancient house who had helped to build the church, whose tombs, freshly cut and coloured, adorned its chancel, to the pretty boy whose mother had meant him to be the Lord of Ruddiford. It was the strangest wedding ever known at King's Hall, a haunt of bachelors where weddings were few. Doctor Curley muttered his part through as quickly as he might, far from satisfied with what he was doing, fearing some vengeance from the Marlowe family, but incapable of disobeying Master Tilney. By an odd inconsistency, he and the Fellowship were strong supporters of the Church, regular at mass and at confession. It was a queer old man who had the charge of these tough consciences; but a less accommodating priest would not have remained a month in peace at King's Hall. Jasper had promised the priest that Lord Marlowe should be there, and there he was; pale, dishevelled, the strangest guest at a wedding, with angry eyes which yet softened when they fell on either the bridegroom or the bride. He and Jasper stood close together behind them, the nearest relations, the chief witnesses, and then came the motley throng, the population of King's Hall; women of a far lower type than the men; even dogs that crawled in behind their masters. Suddenly, in the very middle of the service, a noise in the churchyard announced a fresh arrival. The south door opened and shut with a clang; and a man came swiftly up the aisle, and pushed his way to the very front of the congregation. Alice started and looked round, at the very moment whe...
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