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Excerpt: ...referred so lightly was of supreme importance to her. "Well, a church is better than nowhere in this heat," said Miss Clare disconsolately. Lady Isabel had decreed nearly two years ago that church-going, at all events during the season, was incompatible with late nights, and Alex had acquiesced without much difficulty. Religion did not interest her, and she had kept up no intercourse with the nuns at Liege since leaving school. Holland, looking at once shocked and rather excited, pointed out the tall, narrow building, wedged into a line of similar buildings, with a high flight of steps leading to the open door. "Its always open like that," Holland said. "Any one can go into the chapel." The open door, indeed, gave straight on to the oak door of the chapel across a narrow entrance lobby. Alex was instantly conscious of the sharply-defined contrast between the hot glare and incessant roar of multifarious noises outside in the brilliant streets, and the dark, cool hush that pervaded the silent convent chapel. The sudden sensation of physical relief almost brought tears to her eyes, as she sank thankfully on to a little cushioned prieu-dieu drawn up close to the high, carved rood-screen before the chancel steps. Holland had slid noiselessly to her knees behind one of the humble wooden benches close to the entrance. There was absolute silence. As her eyes grew accustomed to the soft gloom, Alex saw that the chapel was a very small one, of an odd oblong shape, with high, carved stalls on either side of it that recalled the big convent chapel at Liege to her mind. The wax candles shed a peculiarly mild glow over the High Altar, which was decked with a mass of white blossom and feathery green, but the rest of the chapel was unlit except by the warm, softened shaft of sunshine that struck through the painted oval windows behind the altar, and lay in deep splashes of colour over the white-embroidered altar-cloth and the red-carpeted altar steps. The peace...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150547119 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150547111 |
| Weight | 1.02 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.70 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 312 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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