Chapel
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(From the Bishop's address, delivered in the
Chapel
of Saint Clement)On the third of September, at ten o'clock in the evening, a mounted constable aroused the whole of Verrieres by galloping up the main street; he brought the news that His Majesty the King of -- was coming the following Sunday, and it was now Tuesday.
The little
chapel
seemed to be ablaze with light.
The newly gilded
chapel
was quite small, but very lofty.
His Majesty deigned to permit the girls who had accompanied him into the
chapel
to wear a red riband upon which were embroidered the words: 'HATRED OF IMPIETY, PERPETUAL ADORATION.'
A tradition of extremely doubtful value in the eyes of the cold philosopher, but one in which she believed, made out that the little church now in use had been the
chapel
of the castle of the Lord of Vergy.
That evening, he sent down to the
chapel
of the Seminary ten pounds of candles, saved, he said, by Julien's efforts and the rapidity with which he extinguished them.
No sooner had he left than the devotees of the Sacred Heart of Jesus went to chant a _Te Deum_ in the
chapel.
And the following night, at midnight, she took the head in her carriage, and went to bury it with her own hands in a
chapel
which stood at the foot of the hill of Montmartre.''Is it possible?'
K. went over to a nearby side
chapel
to see what they could have hoped for, he went up a few steps to a low marble railing and leant over it to look at the altar picture by the light of his torch.
"I looked for no less, my lord, from your High Magnificence," replied Don Quixote, "and I have to tell you that the boon I have asked and your liberality has granted is that you shall dub me knight to-morrow morning, and that to-night I shall watch my arms in the
chapel
of this your castle; thus tomorrow, as I have said, will be accomplished what I so much desire, enabling me lawfully to roam through all the four quarters of the world seeking adventures on behalf of those in distress, as is the duty of chivalry and of knights-errant like myself, whose ambition is directed to such deeds."
He told him, moreover, that in this castle of his there was no
chapel
in which he could watch his armour, as it had been pulled down in order to be rebuilt, but that in a case of necessity it might, he knew, be watched anywhere, and he might watch it that night in a courtyard of the castle, and in the morning, God willing, the requisite ceremonies might be performed so as to have him dubbed a knight, and so thoroughly dubbed that nobody could be more so.
As he had already told him, he said, there was no
chapel
in the castle, nor was it needed for what remained to be done, for, as he understood the ceremonial of the order, the whole point of being dubbed a knight lay in the accolade and in the slap on the shoulder, and that could be administered in the middle of a field; and that he had now done all that was needful as to watching the armour, for all requirements were satisfied by a watch of two hours only, while he had been more than four about it.
Mass is said at home in a sumptuous chapel, and all this time I have seen but the sun in the heaven by day, and the moon and the stars by night; nor do I know what streets are like, or plazas, or churches, or even men, except my father and a brother I have, and Pedro Perez the wool-farmer; whom, because he came frequently to our house, I took it into my head to call my father, to avoid naming my own.
Well, Sir, I met her at a
chapel
that I go to; a very neat little
chapel
in this town, Mr. Weller, where they sing the number four collection of hymns, which I generally carry about with me, in a little book, which you may perhaps have seen in my hand--and I got a little intimate with her, Mr. Weller, and from that, an acquaintance sprung up between us, and I may venture to say, Mr. Weller, that I am to be the chandler.'
'T'other Sunday I wos walkin' up the road, wen who should I see, a-standin' at a
chapel
door, with a blue soup-plate in her hand, but your mother-in-law!
Down goes the shepherd to chapel, gives out as he's a persecuted saint, and says he hopes the heart of the turncock as cut the water off, 'll be softened, and turned in the right vay, but he rayther thinks he's booked for somethin' uncomfortable.
'It ain't o' no use, sir,' said Sam, again and again; 'he's a malicious, bad-disposed, vorldly-minded, spiteful, windictive creetur, with a hard heart as there ain't no soft'nin', as the wirtuous clergyman remarked of the old gen'l'm'n with the dropsy, ven he said, that upon the whole he thought he'd rayther leave his property to his vife than build a
chapel
vith it.'
Here he stopped for a minute, to look at the strange, irregular clusters of lights piled one above the other, and twinkling afar off so high, that they looked like stars, gleaming from the castle walls on the one side and the Calton Hill on the other, as if they illuminated veritable castles in the air; while the old picturesque town slept heavily on, in gloom and darkness below: its palace and
chapel
of Holyrood, guarded day and night, as a friend of my uncle's used to say, by old Arthur's Seat, towering, surly and dark, like some gruff genius, over the ancient city he has watched so long.
I begin to see now," she says, "ven it's too late, that if a married 'ooman vishes to be religious, she should begin vith dischargin' her dooties at home, and makin' them as is about her cheerful and happy, and that vile she goes to church, or chapel, or wot not, at all proper times, she should be wery careful not to con-wert this sort o' thing into a excuse for idleness or self-indulgence.
'The chapel,' replied Mr. Stiggins; 'our chapel; our fold, Mr. Samuel.'
By day they did nothing but ascend and descend the steps which led to the chapel; at night, in addition to complines and matins, they were further obliged to leap twenty times out of their beds and prostrate themselves on the floor of their cells.
The two found themselves in a small
chapel
covered with a tapestry of Persian silk worked with gold, and brilliantly lighted with a vast number of candles.
Patrick!" cried the duke, opening the door of the chapel, "Patrick!"
O’Reilly," said the duke, leading him into the chapel, "look at these diamond studs, and tell me what they are worth apiece."
When this formality was ended, as her duties called her to chapel, she left the two young women alone.
At the hour appointed, Lord de Winter and the four friends repaired to the convent; the bells tolled, the
chapel
was open, the grating of the choir was closed.
At the door of the
chapel
d’Artagnan felt his courage fall anew, and returned to look for Athos; but Athos had disappeared.
"The Lord of the estate on which the
chapel
of the curacy was situated saw this pretend sister, and became enamoured of her--amorous to such a degree that he proposed to marry her.
He was justified by the event; for the footpath soon after appeared a little wider and more worn, and the tinkle of a small bell gave the knight to understand that he was in the vicinity of some
chapel
or hermitage.
Beside this fountain were the ruins of a very small chapel, of which the roof had partly fallen in.
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