Gagged & Bound
“It was a long time since she’d been to a full funeral service, with the coffin brought into the church in procession behind the priest. The organ breathed loudly, then let out a fountain of glorious music. Everyone stood, with a loud rustling of service sheets and clothes. A piercing soprano voice burst into ‘I know that my redeemer liveth’ from Handel’s Messiah.
The coffin was carried in on the shoulders of six big uniformed police officers and laid on trestles in front of the altar. As the si...nging died away, the men bowed to the altar and walked quietly round the outside of the pews to their seats.
There were no flowers in the church and no candles on the altar. The priest, wearing a broad black stole over his white surplice, turned to face the congregation and said in a voice too thin and high for his role: I said, I will take heed to my way: that I offend not in my tongue.
I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle: while the ungodly is in my sight.
Trish felt Caro wince at her side and couldn’t resist a quick glance at the prayer book she had been given on her way into the church.MoreLess
The coffin was carried in on the shoulders of six big uniformed police officers and laid on trestles in front of the altar. As the si...nging died away, the men bowed to the altar and walked quietly round the outside of the pews to their seats.
There were no flowers in the church and no candles on the altar. The priest, wearing a broad black stole over his white surplice, turned to face the congregation and said in a voice too thin and high for his role: I said, I will take heed to my way: that I offend not in my tongue.
I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle: while the ungodly is in my sight.
Trish felt Caro wince at her side and couldn’t resist a quick glance at the prayer book she had been given on her way into the church.MoreLess
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