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Its lancet windows, its rough desks sticking out from the bookcases, the chains which thwart the project of the book-thief, all help to obliterate the ages; though the decorations of the ceiling, and the stained-glass windows, tell of the desire of later centuries to soften the original sternness of the room.
Yet what more distinguished names does the Anglican Church of the last reign boast than those of F.D. Maurice, Kingsley, Stanley, Robertson of Brighton, and even, if we will draw our net a little wider, the great Arnold? He was the very essence of cunning, the incarnation of a book-thief.
It had been very adroitly stolen, and disposed of, by a notorious book-thief, a gentleman by birth now dead, but well remembered. Ask Mr. Quaritch! Allen's absolute innocence was thus demonstrated beyond cavil, though nobody paid any particular attention to the demonstration. As for Allen, he had vanished; he was heard of no more. He was here; dying here, beside the black wave of lone Loch Nan.
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