Penny Dreadfuls, 1850 · page 332 of 397
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THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. 4 ele 0) Tan (ih M 2f Ue] |p gee oll Hy | i a I Wey] dy WA Mi vb a | & ok fay v a "7 = > \ AS ; te ‘ <a RAT ONE) CHAPTER XCL _~ THE CHURCH. Tae party entered the churchyard which was crowded with tomb-stones that gleamed with spec- tral-like ghastliness in the cold moonlight; and the Magsman began to wonder whether the employer of himself and the Beggarman intended them to per- form a little business in the resurrection way be- fore he parted from them. But the nobleman passed straight along the nar- Tow path which, intersecting the cemetery, led to the church door; and here he stopped. The bag, of which the Big Beggarman had taken charge, farnished a bunch of keys, one of which speedily tarned in the lock. The door was thrust open— and the nobleman entered the church with his companions, 41 321 % + ci eral i" : oS Ni /) * Rk CG) / “ 4 \\ @ fen) 2 2 iy = a | The deep silence of the place struck as solemnly upon the heart as the intense chiil of the atmos- phere did upon the exterior senses; and it was evident that the nobleman felt a species of super- stitious awe steal over him—for his hand trembled as he produced the dark lantern from beneath his cloak. As for the Magsman and the Beggar- man—they knew not fear of any kind; and the effect of the profound stillness upon their minds was of the most evanescent description, Passing along the aisle, the nobleman led the way to a small cloistral-looking nook, separated from the body of the church by a screen of sculp-= tured stone, and evidently set apart for the monu- ments of those families which possessed hereditary sepulchres theré, Stooping down and throwing the light of the lantern in such a manner upon the pavement that he could read the inscriptions graven there, the nobleman in a few moments pointed out a partioular Sa comicbooks.conn