He had come then.

And through swimming eyes she saw the long ridges of heads rise beneath her, and through drumming ears heard the murmur of many feet.
All faces looked this way; and she watched them as a mirror to see the reflected light of His presence.

There was a gentle sobbing somewhere in the air--was it her own or another's?
...

the click of a door; a great mellow booming over-head, shock after shock, as the huge tenor bells tolled their three strokes; and, in an instant, over the white faces passed a ripple, as if some breeze of passion shook the souls within; there was a swaying here and there; and a passionless voice spoke half a dozen words in Esperanto, out of sight: "Englishmen, I assent to the Bill of Worship." III It was not until mid-day breakfast on the following morning that husband and wife met again.

Oliver had slept in town and telephoned about eleven o'clock that he would be home immediately, bringing a guest with him: and shortly before noon she heard their voices in the hall.
Mr.Francis, who was presently introduced to her, seemed a harmless kind of man, she thought, not interesting, though he seemed in earnest about this Bill.