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Chapter 42

           ThesamecourtesywasofferedtoIvanhoe,whopledgedhisfatherinsilence,supplyingtheusualspeechbyaninclinationofhishead,lesthisvoiceshouldhavebeenrecognised.

           Whenthisintroductoryceremonywasperformed,Cedricarose,and,extendinghishandtoRichard,conductedhimintoasmallandveryrudechapel,whichwasexcavated,asitwere,outofoneoftheexternalbuttresses.Astherewasnoopening,savingalittlenarrowloop-hole,theplacewouldhavebeennearlyquitedarkbutfortwoflambeauxortorches,whichshowed,byaredandsmokylight,thearchedroofandnakedwalls,therudealtarofstone,andthecrucifixofthesamematerial.

           Beforethisaltarwasplacedabier,andoneachsideofthisbierkneeledthreepriests,whotoldtheirbeads,andmutteredtheirprayers,withthegreatestsignsofexternaldevotion.Forthisserviceasplendid"soul-scat"waspaidtotheconventofSaintEdmund’sbythemotherofthedeceased;and,thatitmightbefullydeserved,thewholebrethren,savingthelameSacristan,hadtransferredthemselvestoConingsburgh,where,whilesixoftheirnumberwereconstantlyonguardintheperformanceofdivineritesbythebierofAthelstane,theothersfailednottotaketheirshareoftherefreshmentsandamusementswhichwentonatthecastle.Inmaintainingthispiouswatchandward,thegoodmonkswereparticularlycarefulnottointerrupttheirhymnsforaninstant,lestZernebock,theancientSaxonApollyon,shouldlayhisclutchesonthedepartedAthelstane.

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