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These drying-houses are buildings of uniform character, two stories in height and fifty feet square, constructed so as to expose their contents to sun and air, and each provided with a carefully laid threshing-floor, extending through the building, with pent-house for movable engine. When the houses are full and the hulm in a fit state for threshing, the engine is started and the work begun.
At last she was about to rise and take him to his room, but hearing noises in the street she stepped to the window. There were men below, and this made her apprehensive. She hurried over, kissed the old man, passed from the room, and met her old servant Hulm in the passage, who stretched out her hand in distress. "What is it, Hulm?" she asked, a chill at her heart.
There were seven nunneries in Norfolk and Suffolk. Five of them lost their prioresses. How many poor nuns were taken who can guess? In the College of St. Mary-in-the-fields, at Norwich, five of the seven prebendaries died. In September the abbot of St. Benet's Hulm was carried off. Again we ask and receive no answer what must have been the mortality among the monks and the servants of the convent?
"Within an hour." "Very well, I shall be ready." "You, madame ready? You do not think of going?" "Yes, I am going." "But, madame, it is not safe. The Abenaquis and Iroquois are not friendly, and " "Is this friendly? Is it like a good friend, Aaron Hulm? Did I not nurse your mother when " He dropped on one knee, took her hand and kissed it.
"Oh, how can I tell you!" was the answer. "Our fleet was beaten, and and my master is a prisoner." The wife saw that this was not all. "Tell me everything, Hulm," she said trembling, yet ready for the worst. "Oh, my dear, dear mistress, I cannot!" "Hulm, you see that I am calm," she answered. "You are only paining me." "They are to try him for his life!"
"Oh, how can I tell you!" was the answer. "Our fleet was beaten, and and my master is a prisoner." The wife saw that this was not all. "Tell me everything, Hulm," she said trembling, yet ready for the worst. "Oh, my dear, dear mistress, I cannot!" "Hulm, you see that I am calm," she answered. "You are only paining me." "They are to try him for his life!"
Canute was the actual founder of the monastery proper, for in the eleventh century he brought over Benedictine monks from Hulm, granting them a charter and many benefactions. The monastery yearly became more prosperous, and, with the exception of Glastonbury, exceeded in magnificence and privileges all other ecclestiastical establishments in the country.
"Madame," he said loyally, "I will do anything you ask; I feared only for your safety." An hour afterwards she came into the room where her father still slept. Stooping, she kissed his forehead, and fondled his thin grey hair. Then she spoke to Hulm. "Tell him," she said, "that I will come back soon: that my husband needs me, and that I have gone to him.
And, Hulm, dear creature, you can aid me better if you do not weep." She then passed down a side staircase and entered the dining-room. A moment afterwards Aaron Hulm came in. "Aaron," she said, as he stood confused before her misery, "know you the way to Quebec?" "Indeed, madame, very well. Madame, I am sorry " "Let us not dwell upon it, Aaron. Can you get a few men together to go there?"
"Within an hour." "Very well, I shall be ready." "You, madame ready? You do not think of going?" "Yes, I am going." "But, madame, it is not safe. The Abenaquis and Iroquois are not friendly, and " "Is this friendly? Is it like a good friend, Aaron Hulm? Did I not nurse your mother when " He dropped on one knee, took her hand and kissed it.
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