The cardinal had removed much of the former priory and chapel of St.Frideswyde to carry out the plans for his college; but though the collegiate buildings were called by his name, the chapel generally retained its older and more familiar title.

The daily services were better performed there than in any other college chapel; and many men, like Dalaber himself, possessed of good voices, sang in the choir as often as their other duties permitted them.
Service over, the two friends passed out together, and waited for Clarke, who came quietly forth, his face alight with the shining of the Spirit, which was so noticeable in him after any religious exercise.
He greeted them both in brotherly fashion, and gladly welcomed them to his lodging.
There was something very characteristic of the man in the big, bare room he inhabited.

It was spotlessly clean--more clean than any servant would keep it, though the canons of Cardinal College were permitted a certain amount of service from paid menials.

The scanty furniture was of the plainest.

There was nothing on the floor to cover the bare boards.