This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: .to intrude on thy privacy." " Heaven reward thee, Sir Geoffrey, for thy proffered kindness to a worn-out, worthless being, who hath no claim on thy bounty.

But it cannot be; Ill draw my last breath in the old place. I feel that Im a fixture here, which cannot be removed. My heart still clings to the old consecrated walls, and he who would take me away should wrench every fibre in twain. Fare thee well, Sir Geoffrey, and the blessing of a grateful old monk be with thee. Send me a priest to assoil me ere I fall into the grave, for I could ill bear the thought that my unanointed bonea should mix with the sainted remains of our holy brotherhood. Fare thee well," he continued, unlocking the secret door, " and may God deliver thee and thy daughter from the hands of thy enemies. Ah, but stay; I had almost forgotten," he added. " Should I die ere the priest comes, thoult not fail to remember that my old manuscripts will be found under the altar, in the vault So, pax vobiscum, peace be with thee," he concluded, embracing the knight, "and may the Holy Virgin guide and guard thee forever.

" So saying, the monk of St. Dominic opened the marble door, and Sir Geoffrey, with quivering lip and moistening eye, reluctantly left him to return to his gloomy celL Sd " Hell die down there all alone," muttered (be knight to himself; "I foresaw all that this morning, when I awoke and beheld him writing at his desk. Twas as plain to me as the light of day. I always said so," he continued, stepping from stone to stonr, and looking warily round, lest some spy might lurk in the shadows of the old walls to arrest him in his exit from his hiding-place. Sir Geoffrey felt, the moment the monk had locked him out and retired to the vault, that he was exposing himself.