The next instant she was abstracted as before, and crossed her hands upon her breast in an attitude of devotion.

Gilbert looked to his companion with an inquiring eye, but the priest was silent.
The next instant they were treading the marble aisle.

Gilbert knelt down upon a tombstone, and endeavored to compose himself for the Mass.

He perceived from the glances thrown upon him from time to time by some of the peasantry, that he was recognized as an enemy, yet respected as one under the aegis of religion.

These glances became more frequent when Father Omehr, in his brief discourse, eloquently adverted to the example of Jesus in the forgiveness of injuries, and enforced the sacred duty of a Christian to imitate that Divine model.