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    300 a monk's story.

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    4 Hol I, Edmond Cross , Conceive A Monk ...

    yet to tliem that , like the Athenians of old , seek only for something new

    . The House of the Holy Cross has good reason to know the noble Lords of Bayhurst , who have ever been true sons to the

    hand Church . , Their and nourished castle lies and so cherished near , only the the Abbey river with and a the princel wood y

    between , that we have ever felt safe , in lawless times , under their powerful rotectionfor they were always a faithful race . They

    p ; have always had the prayers of the Abbey , but more especially mine own supplications , though it would ill become me to obtrude

    myself , and explain the deep debt of gratitude I personally owe to Lord de Bayhurst . His only sonRaymondwas sent to our

    House at an early age , to be trained , in all ri , ghteous lore , and it was a wonder to see what a scholar he became . He was

    my joy and pride ; and who so pious and gracious as he withal ? The country said he was too learned for a knightbut they had to

    change their tone when he entered the field of , chivalry , and so valiantldistinguished himself . He was the youngest knight that

    ever won y spurs t fa . vouri This te a good t cour kni t g ht d , t R aymon wen d t the abroad young earn er , i be n - came a g , , g

    name and fame in many countries , and living so long away , particularly in Germany , that I lost sight of him for years . But child I ever of

    remembered him in my prayers , and we know that the many prayers cannot be lost . I especially prayed for him when his father and mother died within a week of each otherand he

    wasnot here to close their eyes . His good and noble , parents , how they were mourned for ! When their son at length returned and

    took possession of the castle , though he showed a true regard for their memory , the sharpness of his grief was much allayed by

    time . What a splendid knight he was , how gracious to me , his old tutorand to one elsehih or low ! But there was a .

    changein him , , a change every I could , not g explain to myself , though I felt it-And I remember howat the timeI did not like his talk of foreign

    schools and visionary , lore , thoug , h I was proud to see how hisknowledge had been enlarged by his travels . I felt uneasy , I say ,

    though I did not know where to put my finger on the unsound part Well . he had not been long home before he assembled a

    mighty , hunting-party that was the talk of the country-side . It metand they set out on a long course . Raymond has since

    told , me that , with all his passion for the chase , he felt a strange reluctance for it , which he could by no means explain , when that _,

    morning came . Angry with himself , he shook off the feeling , and lunged into the scene . He began to enter into the spirit of it

    p yet still detected a curious fatality that pursued him through , the day . He observedwhoever he joinedhe was always finding

    himself alone . If he gathered , his most favourit , e associates around

    him , they were sure soon to fall off , and leave him solitary . And

    300 A Monk's Story.

    300 a monk ' s story .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1863, page 300, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011863/page/12/