The Curse Upon Mitre Square — page 26: what you’re looking at

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bad 18 THE CURSE UPON MITRE SQUARE. visible from the tower, and the woman, after gazing at him earnestly for about a minute, satisfied her companion that she could not forget the face. On descending the tower the pair immediately separated and went in opposite directions. After the event just recorded the woman fre- quently attended the services in the great monastic church, and had the worshippers been less devout and attended less to their prayers, they might have noticed that her gaze was invariably fixed on the neophyte whenever he was present, all his move- ments being watched with unflagging interest. Not only did the woman attend the church in service time, still more frequently was she there on less public occasions, especially in the mornings and evenings, when the monks were reciting their offices, such as Prime, Mattins, etc. But whether the church was full or empty, her interest was centred on Martin. For him and him alone did she attend the Church of Holy Trinity. Several months elapsed before the scheme pro- gressed one jot. Many times did the mysterious man visit his accomplice. Long consultations they had together, but apparently nothing came of them. Evidently the intention of the woman was to get Martin by himself, probably to speak -to him ; but this was difficult to accomplish. When engaged in their temporal duties the monks went their respective ways, one to one occupation and a second to another, and so on. But Martin being the youngest, and in training, had no mission entrusted comilcbooks.co