The indignation of the neighbourhood concentrated itself upon the square and the parson, especially the latter.

Indeed the village showed its sympathy with the victims and its wrath with the oppressors, by going on strike.

Few beaters turned up at Sir John's next shooting party, and on the following Sunday Mr.Knight preached to empty benches, a vacuum that continued from week to week.

The end of it was he became so unpopular and his strained relations with Sir John grew so notorious that the bishop, who like everyone else knew the whole story, gently suggested to him that a change of livings would be to his advantage; also to that of the church in Monk's Acre and its neighbourhood.
So Mr.Knight departed to another parish in a remote part of the diocese which, having been inundated by the sea, was almost devoid of inhabitants, and saw the Abbey and Hawk's Hall no more.
In searching his pockets for matches, Godfrey found the letter which had been given to him as he left the Abbey.

He knew the writing on the envelope at once, and was minded not to open it, for this and the foreign stamp told him that it came from Madame Riennes.