Lucia Victrix (2013)
“She had said from the first that her whole function (and that a privilege) was to have made this little contribution to the beauty of the church services: that was all, and she began and ended there. But in a quiet talk with the Padre she suggested that the day of its dedication might be made to coincide with the annual confirmation of the young folk of the parish. The Bishop, perhaps, when his laying on of hands was done, would come to lunch at Mallards and take part in the other ceremony in the afternoon. The Padre thought that an excellent notion, and in due course the Bishop accepted Lucia’s invitation and would be happy (DV) to dedicate the organ and give a short address.
Lucia had got her start: now like a great liner she cast off her tugs and began to move out under her own steam. There was another quiet talk in the garden-room.
‘You know how I hate all fuss, dear Padre,’ she said, ‘but I do think, don’t you, that Tilling would wish for a little pomp and ceremony. An idea occur...red to me: the Mayor and Corporation perhaps might like to escort the Bishop in procession from here to the church after lunch.MoreLess
Lucia had got her start: now like a great liner she cast off her tugs and began to move out under her own steam. There was another quiet talk in the garden-room.
‘You know how I hate all fuss, dear Padre,’ she said, ‘but I do think, don’t you, that Tilling would wish for a little pomp and ceremony. An idea occur...red to me: the Mayor and Corporation perhaps might like to escort the Bishop in procession from here to the church after lunch.MoreLess
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