CHAPTER IV

"MATER ADMIRABILIS" "There, there, my good soul, don't blubber. Hysterics won't restore Lady Calmady to health, or bring Sir Richard back to England, home, and duty, or be a ha'porth of profit to yourself or any other created being. Keep your tears for the first funeral. For I tell you plainly I shan't be surprised out of seven days' sleep if this business involves a visit to the churchyard before we get to the other side of it." John Knott stood with his back to the Chapel-Room fire, his shoulders up to his ears, …