22 EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 



from circles ; and in the central circle stood a 

 most majestic heavenly form robed in flowing 

 drapery. The vision was most distinct and the 

 details very clear ; but it was in the " twinkling 

 of an eye." These are the witnesses of this 

 mighty and glorious vision the Rev. Father 

 Ignatius, Brother Dunstan (now an Anglican 

 priest), Brother George Swain, now of Wisbeach, 

 and Sister Janet. 



The reader will accept or reject the foregoing 

 attestations according to his individual measure 

 of light. 



The monastery itself is plain enough in its 

 outward appearance, so far as we could see, 

 but the interior, to which we were very 

 politely conducted by a lady, in the garb of 

 a nun, is very gorgeous. We were only ad- 

 mitted into a first enclosure, most elaborately 

 decorated, and in which is a very finely- 

 modelled life-size figure of the Saviour on the 

 Cross. We could only peep through a sort 

 of lattice-work into the dim interior, where 

 the modern monks read the Bible or imitate 

 those of old in chanting the ancient service. 

 " There are never many monks there/' said 

 Father Ignatius ; " under monastic rule, men 



