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Markenheim has been consulted," he said. "He will design and execute them. Each is to represent its own feast. This for Paternity " He paused again. "Yes, Mr. Francis?" "This one, I understand, is to be the naked figure of a man." "A kind of Apollo or Jupiter, my dear," put in Oliver. Yes that seemed all right, thought Mabel. Mr. Francis's voice moved on hastily.
Markenheim is with him." But though Mabel was herself disappointed, she thought he looked graver than the disappointment warranted. Percy Franklin, the new Cardinal-Protector of England, came slowly along the passage leading from the Pope's apartments, with Hans Steinmann, Cardinal-Protector of Germany, blowing at his side.
A great murmur of enthusiasm had rolled round the Abbey from end to end as the gorgeous curtains ran back, and the huge masculine figure, majestic and overwhelming, coloured with exquisite art, had stood out above the blaze of candles against the tall screen that shrouded the shrine. Markenheim had done his work well; and Mr.
"A stone image is impossible, of course. It must be clay for the present. Mr. Markenheim is to set to work immediately. If the figures are approved they can then be executed in marble." Again Mabel spoke with a soft gravity. "It seems to me," she said, "that this is the last thing that we needed. It is so hard to keep our principles clear we must have a body for them some kind of expression "