They stopped at the church and before a cluster of tombs.

On one of the slabs was carved a Greek cross with a single tear under it, and beneath the tear the words: "_O crux sancta adjuva nos._" It was the resting-place of the Lady Margaret, between the graves of her father and mother.

The monk and the knight knelt down and prayed.

As they rose, the bells of the church announced the close of day, and ushered in the TRUCE OF GOD.
With their bosoms heaving with recollections of the past, Gilbert of Hers and Henry of Stramen went into the church where fifty years before they had met in youth and enmity, and they knelt together beside the grave of Father Omehr, with their hearts full of tenderness and hope and love, while the sun of ancient Suabia was setting, and the bells poured forth their silvery peal.
THE END.