the building known as the d aisle beneath which the huge lay over the of the was a beautifully window of many lights its date being the century it was called the d window and in the upper part could be discerned like those on s old seal and spoon drew the curtains round the bed so as to an excellent tent of it and put the smaller children inside if it comes to the worst we can sleep there too for one night she said but let us try further on and get something for the to eat o what s the use of your at gentlemen if it leaves us like this accompanied by lu and the boy she again ascended the little lane which secluded the church from the as soon as they got into the street they beheld a man on horseback gazing up and down ah � i m looking for you i he said up to them this is indeed a family gathering on the historic spot it was d where is he asked personally had no liking for she signified the direction of the church and went on d saying that he would see them again in case they should be still in their search for shelter of which he had just heard the convert when they had gone d rode to the inn and shortly after came out on foot in the left with the children inside the remained talking with them awhile till seeing that no more could be done to make them comfortable just then she walked about the churchyard now beginning to be by the shades of nightfall the door of the church was and die entered it for the first time in her life within the window which the stood were the of the family covering in their dates several centuries they were altar shaped and plain their being and broken their torn from the the holes remaining like holes in a sand of all the that she had ever received that her people were extinct there was none so forcible as this she drew near to a dark stone on which was inscribed b lt tm did not read church latin like a cardinal but she knew that this was the door of her and that the tall knights of whom her father had in his cups lay inside she turned to passing near an altar tomb the oldest of them all on which was a figure in the dusk she had not noticed it before and would hardly have noticed it now but for an odd fancy that the moved as soon as she drew close to it she discovered all in a moment that the figure was a living person and the shock to her sense of not having been alone was so violent that she was quite overcome and sank down nigh to fainting not however till she had recognized d in the form he off the and supported her i saw you come in he said smiling and got up op the d there not to interrupt your meditations a family gathering is it not these old fellows us here listen he stamped with his heel heavily on the floor whereupon there arose a hollow echo from below that shook them a bit i ll warrant he continued and you thought i was the mere stone of one of them but no the old order the little finger of the sham d can do more for you than the whole of the real underneath now command me what shall i do go away she i win � i ll look for your mother said he but in passing her he whispered mind this you ll be yet when he was gone she bent down upon the entrance to the and said � why am i on the wrong side of this door in the meantime and had onward with the of the in the direction of their land of � the egypt of some other family who had left it only that morning but the girls did not for a long time think of where they were going their talk was of angel and and s persistent lover whose connection with her previous history they had partly heard and partly guessed ere this t as though she had never known hun afore said his having won her once makes all the difference in the world be a thousand if he were to her away again mr can never be anything to us and why should we grudge him to her and not try to mend this quarrel if he could on y know what straits she s put to and what s hovering round he might come to take care of his own could we let him know they thought of this all the way to their the convert tion but the bustle of re establishment in their new place took up all their attention then but when they were settled a month later they heard of s approaching return though they had learnt nothing more of upon that agitated anew by their to him yet disposed to her the penny ink bottle they shared and a few lines were between the two girls d sir � look to your wife if you do love her as much as she do love you for e is sore put to by an enemy in the shape of a friend sir there is one near her who ought to be away a woman should not be try d beyond her strength and continual will wear away a stone � ay more � a diamond from two well this they addressed to angel at the only place they had ever heard him to be connected with after which they continued in a mood of exaltation at their own generosity which made them sing in hysterical and 