The Honor of the Name - Classic Reprint Author:Emile Gaboriau CHAPTER I — On the first Sunday in the month of August, 1815, — at ten o'clock precisely-as on every Sunday morning — -the sacristan of the parish church at Sainneuse — sounded the three strokes of the bell which warn the — faithful that the priest is ascending the steps of the — altar to celebrate high mass. — The church was already more than haH fuB,... more » and
from every side little groups of peasants were hurrying
into the church-yard. The women were all in their
bravest attire, with cunning little fichus crossed upon
their breasts, broad-striped, brightly colored skirts,
and large white coifs.
Being as economical as they were coquettish, they
came barefooted, bringing their shoes in their hands,
but put them on reverentially before entering the house
of God.
But few of the men cntcred the church. They remained
outside to talk, seating themselves in the porch,
or standing about the yard, in the shade of the centuryold
elms.
For such ,vas the custom in the hamlet of Sairmeuse.
The
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