CHAPTER XII.
ARABELLA TREFOIL.
On the Sunday the party from Bragton went to the parish church,--and found it very cold.

The duty was done by a young curate who lived in Dillsborough, there being no house in Bragton for him.

The rector himself had not been in the church for the last six months, being an invalid.

At present he and his wife were away in London, but the vicarage was kept up for his use.

The service was certainly not alluring.