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Chapter 10

           Peoplewereatthewindowstoseetheprocessionpass.Charlesattheheadwalkederect.Heaffectedabraveair,andsalutedwithanodthosewho,comingoutfromthelanesorfromtheirdoors,stoodamidstthecrowd.

           Thesixmen,threeoneitherside,walkedslowly,pantingalittle.Thepriests,thechoristers,andthetwochoirboysrecitedtheDeprofundis,andtheirvoicesechoedoverthefields,risingandfallingwiththeirundulations.Sometimestheydisappearedinthewindingsofthepath;butthegreatsilvercrossrosealwaysbeforethetrees.

           Thewomenfollowedinblackcloakswithturned-downhoods;eachofthemcarriedinherhandsalargelightedcandle,andCharlesfelthimselfgrowingweakeratthiscontinualrepetitionofprayersandtorches,beneaththisoppressiveodourofwaxandofcassocks.Afreshbreezewasblowing;theryeandcolzaweresprouting,littledewdropstrembledattheroadsidesandonthehawthornhedges.Allsortsofjoyoussoundsfilledtheair;thejoltingofacartrollingafaroffintheruts,thecrowingofacock,repeatedagainandagain,orthegamblingofafoalrunningawayundertheapple-trees:Thepureskywasfrettedwithrosyclouds;abluishhazeresteduponthecotscoveredwithiris.Charlesashepassedrecognisedeachcourtyard.Herememberedmorningslikethis,when,aftervisitingsomepatient,hecameoutfromoneandreturnedtoher.

           Theblackclothbestrewnwithwhitebeadsblewupfromtimetotime,layingbarethecoffin.

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