, 1875-02-20
AFTER DARK IN TILE ABBEY.

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AFTER DARK TN THE ADREY.
II vno tic 4tb Of December, 1878, at nuarter-
PASTA In the afternoon, when I strollol into
Westminster Abbey. had no Thought III going
t,uro but to stroll, inst ~ entorctl-inl,ar-
tnoptously, I aln,il-I took ont q p,rne from my
pockok and counted three or fonr banl notcs. l
ought not "a have 1ono this. Wcstmlnstor Ao-
toy iy not banh; and though good deal il
louo III Weatu1inatos Abbey which might DO donc
moro appropriately elsewhere, aud good deal is
not tlono which tho nature OF tic place might
suegcst A. rclgously IT. ntill counting hanif-
notes il decidedly ont OF keeping with tito orig
inal idea Of Church, NY only excuse was. that
az avery ono In The building seemed to hnvo gone
thoro for non-levosionsl purpoaes, 1t could make
no groas difference II assumed for m axiom
what othcrs merely took Tor noalulato. 10 thio
as It may, Just AZ was counting my notes.
through como suapiclon that l Ind lost ono on
tho road, obscryosl a most respcctablo old geu-
sior,.,, ...n1;.. -,,tf,,,, ,,,,, ,ozor var,sa ~
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me, anu 'ak.uk hoe' -, uos"'z'A'eo W my mo"o,'
And with him there went from my momory all
rcco,,ection or lila aoze.
1tbon ,fro,lcI ronr, .hc Ah,ov
:. 1a,,asnoa s.,,t,, a,-n,a.s s,,,.,o.,,r, ,n-
eo,,,,on ,un, o,l,ntt,,x uns m inacr,nunn TINT
snrapofl nv atteption. "Iinco,oleusium " wae
| n,T,,snn more aiet,ncttye thnn Tim somevhas
rron,is,,or. - sn,,thorun, ~ h,,t rot,,c- N tho
,,, ~" ,o,.]',..- ~ .,.,il..," ~.
Two could 10 Bald 70 lndls'duallzo the particular
identity OF Smith. Thero was play loft for fancy
as to tseniith" oyen with the narrowing Of the
county : and wondered ~hother that ancient
1sotuan family haa originally como over With
Cnsar.
As ponasroa these mastors, I noseed, almost
touching me- Behsloman ssoa pethal,s w. on
second g'anes satisfied my inquiry that 1t waa
| tbs satno gentleman mho Ind looked at my notes.
a,ar @ In nouh1 M In ~ had rot nol1, IN loo,' \. nv
~. w 4a'fu ~, t..s,s ~ ~ A..
notes anu as osnef op1oc,s VI intelea. III sne fo.
boy. Dut nt this particular moment he was not
liftod with a Wow to tho monuments, cspocl.lly
- w.. r,onrr,on. =, msrn,tt,, ;, In Ia vorv
.u1 aoD1o"s =. e' ,.. W. ri,
"hsto halT. Ao wore vory Eolo epec1acles' NE
spoctac1cs were Of thnt domonatrAtiyo kind
which tl.rovs tho rost Of tho toilet into the
slaio. 1t is tho province Of gold spcctacses to
obscure every detail Of oven tho best-dressod
and most distinguished OF mou; and theso
| arc Home Gold apoctncleB In particular which do
this, such ns thoan which the Shah wore IN Lon
Of spcctacies, They bctokcnod q mind acouh-
tuned to think, and eyes that evon nooded to.
UObt. AUaa Ell sAnn A4Sh4s AoA teGA
uae, they suggested library and tomoa. Thoy
bad. too. . bulk that waa sostly. Tho gentleman
himself looked costly. Hin Baoctncles attd him:
selr were on rar-pro-emsnent!y financial ant
Rotud.
LIE Eoro q blue coat. It vas buttonnd MP
10 tho thfoat. A whto tic Of inimnculats
purity surmounted tho very blue cont
lantAloous Of indlaputablo nornesa perfected
tho downward propriotica; and boots TINT dis
tancod competition endod tho man. Result
urstocrRtfo, balance at hia ban!ter's, tino coun-
try sent, distinguished old family, with q son
perhaps In tho army or navy. This was the i'm
prcasou producod.
Ho I felt, whon tho gentleman, turning to-
wards mo, inquired, with largc-incoined sIaile,
You like nrt =
I said tint did, but that uaa nut altogether
prolcient.
"Tha figure Is remarkably 1no.' he Kindly
advanced for my instruction. "Tou notice.
from whichever point you Wow Is, the
effect Is equally perfect Look this way"
lookod. But I lazardud the remark that
but partially admired tho boautica Of tho figure
rciorrcd to. I thought that lady contemplas