The Curse Upon Mitre Square — page 79: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ALDGATE AT NIGHT, 71 the scene of his crime? Is the power of the Evil One still active? or is it the vengeance of the Almighty that has cursed this spot with a curse so awful in its results that no age can with certainty evade punishment ? Who is there so bold as to say that the one bit of ground that has sustained the weight of countless lifeless bodies, during more than three centuries, is not accursed—that there is no Curse wpon Mitre Square ? * * * * As the pen drops from the hand cramped with writing this fearful historical narrative of crime and retribution—the brain in very sympathy and over- wrought with recounting the ghastly tragedies of present and bygone times, seeks ease and rest in slumber, and in sleep the veil of the future is unfolded. What ws that white-robed procession bearing tapers and singing the Miserere? O blessed sight, behold a stream of Magdalens, with flowing hair and down- cast eyes, winding their way, as did the forty monks of old, to the accursed spot. And as they approach wt, carrying their precious ointment, behold a radiant lijht ts in the arr, reflect- ing a benediction on the spot below; and I see aloft the choir of Holy Trinity as it was before the curse fell upon wt, restored by the Divine Architect to rts old beauty and splendour, the rounded arches and the carved stalls on evther side the altar. Instead of monks, I see, through the wreath of incense, a choir CONNKEIOOKS (E©@)