Then the officiant ascends the altar alone, and, standing, declaims the Address, as it is called.

At the close of it--at the point, that is to say, marked here with a star, the thurifers will leave the chapel, four in number.

One ascends the altar, leaving the others swinging their thurifers at its foot--hands his to the officiant and retires.

Upon the sounding of a bell the curtains are drawn back, the officiant tenses the image in silence with four double swings, and, as he ceases the choir sings the appointed antiphon." He waved his hands.
"The rest is easy," he said.

"We need not discuss that." To Mabel's mind even the previous ceremonies seemed easy enough.