The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

CHAPTER XXXII.
THE MARRIAGE.
The convent bell had tolled the hour of
midnight, and announced the commence-
ment of Saturday, the 24th April, a day
which must leave an eternal blot upon the
Church of Rome. "Would that it were a
solitary date in her annals of persecution
Candles were burning on the high altar in
the chapel of the convent some time after
nocturnes, as if for some special purpose.
Their light shone on the carved oak stalls
of the choir, the handiwork of one of the
monks, who had spent thirty- six years in
their completion. The place was otherwise
dark and silent.
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