Dear me! dear me! we do get some queer customers." At which Mr.Mafferton frowned portentously.

But nothing seemed to have any effect on Brother Eusebius.
"There are such a lot of you, and you are sure to be so inquisitive, that we'll both go with you," said he, and took candles from a shelf.
Not ordinary candles at all--coils of long, slender strips, with one end turned up to burn.

At the sight of them momma shuddered and said she hadn't thought it would be dark, and took the Senator's arm as a precautionary measure.

Then we followed the monks Eusebius and Demetrius, who wrapped shawls round their sloping shoulders and hurried across the grass towards the little brick entrance to the Catacombs, shading their candles from the wind that twisted their brown gowns round their legs, with all the anxiety to get it over shown by janitors of buildings of this world..