...o'clock, and the gate was closed, but it looked the same as it did when I first knew it as a boy; so di the quaint oak carving, and the silent court-yard,...Evening Hymn, slowly and musically, as they had done, perhaps, for centuries; slowly and musically, as they had done in the days gone by, while I sat at...

...it looked the same as it did when I first knew it as a boy ; so did the quaint oak carving, and jthe silent court-yard, seen through the small grating....Evening Hymn, slowly and musically, as they had done, perhaps, for centuries ; slowly and musically, as they had done in the days gone by, while I sat at...

...old home ; but my knowledge of the character and prospects of my wife, told me that, if the firm had allowed her to stay, she would have accepted the offer,...Evening Hymn, slowly and musically, as they had done, perhaps, for centuries ; slowly and musically, as they had done in the days gone by, while I sat at...

...accepted the offer, as her principles and determination would have sustained her under any feelings of disgrace. I walked slowly up the old familiar lane,...Evening Hymn, slowly and musically, as they had done, perhaps, for centuries ; slowly and musically, as they had done in the days gone by, while I sat at...

...when it came, I went forth well disguised, keeping along the line of the docks and silent warehouses. through the small grating. There were no lights in...churchyard and the back of the house. At that moment the church-clock struck eight, and the bells chimed the Evening Hymn, slowly and musically, as they had...