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There was a ring of hoofs outside, but no one looked round, and none

came in A shadow fell across the open door At a Doht have seen the ht

have been a second or two of check in his chant, but he ain with displayed hands to his affair

The choir of white hoods, however, watched the shadow at the west

door Isoult saw nothing and heard nothing; she was kneeling at

prayer It irl and the priest

The holy office proceeded; the Sanctus bell shrilled for the first

tis, and Galors, with an

armed man on either hand of him, rode into the nave The choir rose in

a body, the nave huddled; Isoult, as she believed, saw Prosper, spear,

crest, and shield Her heart gave a great leap, then stood still

Perhaps there was a flicker in the Abbot's undertone; his lips e was beyond proof He held on

Isoult was blanched as a cloth; lips, fingers and ears, the tongue in

her open mouth--all creeks for the blood were ebbed dry Her awful

eyes, fixed and soulf her in their dark

Love was drowned in such horror as this

Galors swung out of the saddle In the breathless place the din of