A number of white ribbons and some wax figures of feet and hands and other parts of the body were tied to him.

They stood before a wonderful coloured alabaster reredos of the fourteenth century, in which shepherds and kings and beasts came to worship at the manger.

They had a little conversation as to the architectural periods of the nave, choir, and transepts, and Langton was enthusiastic over a noble pillar and arch.

Beyond they gazed in silence at a statue of Our Lady Immaculate in modern coloured plaster, so arranged that the daylight fell through an unseen opening upon her.

Among the objects in front were a pair of Renaissance candlesticks of great beauty.