Nay, and they hailed him as the champion of the Church, with hits at the Romish faith, which my lord heard with eyes downcast to the ground and a rigid smile carved on his face.

It was all a forecast of what was one day to be; perhaps to the hero of it a suggestion of what some day might be.

At least he was radiant over it, and carried Carford off with him into his apartment in the merriest mood.

He did not invite me to join his party, and I was well content to be left to wander for an hour in the quiet close of the great cathedral.

For let me say that a young man who has been lately crossed in love is in a better mood for most unworldly meditation, than he is likely to be before or after.