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But immediately on Salisbury's death he began, May 29th, a letter in which he said that he had never yet been able to show his affection to the King, "having been as a hawk tied to another's fist;" and if, "as was said to one that spake great words, Amice, verba tua desiderant civitatem, your Majesty say to me, Bacon, your words require a place to speak them," yet that "place or not place" was with the King.
The ends of the stole do not appear, but, under all, the alb hangs down to the feet. The apparel of the alb, the amice round his neck, and the maniple of his left arm are shown as richly embroidered with gold. The bishop wears jewelled gloves, and on the fourth finger of his left hand the episcopal ring, of gold set with a ruby.
'I am very glad he will do well there. A sudden interruption here came on them in the shape of Amice, who had not been guarded against. She flew into the room in a fright, exclaiming 'Mamma, mamma, there's a strange man like a black bear in the drawing-room, and he has got his arm round Aunt Bertha's waist. 'Oh! as she perceived Lord Northmoor.
As the pope is to bless and distribute the palms, and a solemn procession is to take place, the Cardinals put on their sacred vestments, viz. all of them the amice, the cardinal bishops the surplice and the cope, the priests the chasuble, and the deacons a chasuble shorter in front than that of the priests.
John was gone; and his voice could be heard on the open stairs outside speaking rapidly in sharp, low whispers to the men gathered beneath; and, meanwhile, three or four servants, two men and a couple of maids, previously drilled in their duties, were at the altar, on which Mr. Ludlam had but that moment laid down his amice.
"We are strangersfrom distant countries. My friend is an Englishman and I an American." Berkley, however, was not so easily silenced. After a few moments' conversation he broke out into most audacious Latin, in which the only words clearly intelligible were; "Plurimum reverende, in Christo religiosissime, ac clarissime Domine, necnon et amice observandissime!
Lady Adela would go with them, and she wrote to beg that Constance, so soon as her term was over, might bring Amice thither, to be in a separate lodging at first, till there had been time to see whether the little girl's company would be a solace or a trial to the bereaved parents. Bertha, as soon as the chief anxiety was over, joined Mrs. Bury in a mountaineering expedition.
'Poor Adela, I pity you almost as much as her, said Bertha. 'Oh, I know now how much I have to be thankful for! No uncertainty and my little one's grave. 'Besides Amice. Let me drive you up, Addie. Your heart is beating enough to knock you down. 'Well, I believe it is. But not up to the front door. I will go in by the garden. Oh, may he be spared to her at least!
These, with a few constant visitors, formed a coterie: the huge, grizzly- bearded boatman, Jean Touzel, who wore spectacles, befriended smugglers, was approved of all men, and secretly worshipped by his wife; Amice Ingouville, the fat avocat with a stomach of gigantic proportions, the biggest heart and the tiniest brain in the world; Maitre Ranulph Delagarde, and lastly M. Yves Savary dit Detricand, that officer of Rullecour's who, being released from the prison hospital, when the hour came for him to leave the country was too drunk to find the shore.
Better still, my dear, do not permit yourself to think of it at all. Put all that dreadful experience out of your mind." "But you do not understand, Aunt Amice. I fear you never will. Except for that for poor Lady Bayrose I've told you, I do not wish to forget it." "My dear!" protested Mrs. Gantry, "cannot you realize how very improper ? That man! What if he should talk?"
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