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It was the first time that he had been in the church at night, and he stood for a moment overcome with the mystery of the place, while he gazed at the columns of the nave standing white in the moonlight like a row of vast shrouded figures. He called again to Mr Sharnall, and again received no answer, and then he made his way up the nave to the little doorway that leads to the organ-loft stairs.
It lifted its gablet, carved to look like a canopy, till its apex was on a level with the book-board on the front of the organ-loft; and over in fact upon this apex appeared the face of the man whom I have mentioned. It was a very remarkable countenance pale, and very thin, without any hair, except that of thick eyebrows that far over-hung keen, questioning eyes.
"But my little Muriel has not finished her tune?" "She will, some day," said the child. So she came down from the organ-loft, feeling her way along the aisles; and we all went out together, locking the church-door. Lord Ravenel was rather sad that night; he was going away from Luxmore for some time. We guessed why because the earl was coming.
"I believe you must have bumped upon the edge of every stair in the organ-loft, as you came down, to get so many wounds!" she continued crossly. "If you ever do such a senseless trick again, you shan't stir abroad without me or the maid at your back, to take care of you; I promise you that!" "I have combed my hair over the place on my forehead!" civilly replied Mr. Jenkins.
But," I said, "I fear I have transgressed the bounds of all propriety by enlarging upon this matter as I have done. I can only say I have spoken in proportion to my feeling of its weight and truth." "I thank you, heartily," returned Mr Stoddart, rising. "And I promise you at least to think over what you have been saying I hope to be in my old place in the organ-loft next Sunday." So he was.
He came back one evening from the church weary with a long day's work, and was sitting by the fire immersed in a medley of sleepy and half-conscious consideration, now of the crack in the centre tower, now of the tragedy of the organ-loft, now of Anastasia, when the elder Miss Joliffe entered. "Dear me, sir," she said, "I did not know you were in! I only came to see your fire was burning.
Hid in the shadow of the organ-loft, Faringhea was reflecting deeply on these things, when footsteps were heard, and Rodin entered the chapel, accompanied by his socius, the little one-eyed father.
But a good deal of the minister's voice appeared to go up into the groined arches, and, as there was no one up there, some of his best things were lost. We also had a notion that some of it went into the cavernous organ-loft. It would have been all right if there had been a choir there, for choirs usually need more preaching, and pay less heed to it, than any other part of the congregation.
Thence to the chappell, and there, by chance, hear that Dr. Crew is to preach; and so into the organ-loft, where I met Mr. Carteret, and my Lady Jemimah, and Sir Thomas Crew's two daughters, and Dr. Childe played; and Dr.
Hid in the shadow of the organ-loft, Faringhea was reflecting deeply on these things, when footsteps were heard, and Rodin entered the chapel, accompanied by his socius, the little one-eyed father.
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