And so in silence he passed on.
II Within, the church murmured with low talking.

Already two-thirds of it was full, and all faces turned and re-turned to the door at every footstep or sound.

As the bells ceased a sigh went up, as if a giant drew breath; then, once again, the murmuring began.
The church was as most were in those days.

It was but a little place, yet it had had in old days great treasures of beauty.

There had been, until some ten or twelve years ago, a carved screen that ran across the chancel arch, with the Rood upon it, and St.Mary and St.John on this side and that.