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He had been appointed on the flight of Robert; he had received the pallium, the badge of arch-episcopal rank, only from the usurping Benedict the Tenth. It was therefore good policy in Harold to be crowned by Ealdred, to whose position there was no objection. This is the only difference of fact between the English and Norman versions at this stage. And the difference is easily explained.
For this is one of the largest Cathedrals of the province, and the buildings which form the ecclesiastical group are most complete. With its baptistery, Cloister, church, and arch-episcopal Palace, it is not only of many epochs and styles, but of many historical uncertainties, and the hypotheses of its construction are enough to daze the most hardened archæologist.
He was willing to pay them handsomely, to keep them busy, to treat them with almost princely courtesy, but he must have the utmost loyalty. Stimson, while maintaining his calm and reserve, could have kissed the arch-episcopal hand. Such is the subtlety of contact. Behold then at once on the North Side, the South Side, the West Side dark goings to and fro and walkings up and down in the earth.
It was his ambition that had prompted him to take his place at the arch-episcopal table, and his ambition was now quite dead within him. He was thus seated when Mr Slope made his appearance with breathless impatience. 'My lord, the dean is dead. 'Good heavens, exclaimed the bishop, startled out of his apathy by an announcement so sad and so sudden. 'He is either dead or now dying.
Its crenellations and turrets are military and forceful, not ornate. For the church had its defensive as truly as its religious purpose, and formerly was united on the North with the fortifications of the Palace, and contributed to the protection of its prelates as well as to their arch-episcopal prestige.
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