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fog, as though it were covered by a pall, whose folds 
thicken as they sink into the hollows beneath it. But I see 
one streak far darker than any other in the Ancaster valley, 
and it appears to be moving upwards along the High dyke ! 
Surely that can not be a fog, for I see lights sparkling in the 
midst of it ? No ; it is a funeral procession — a great and 
good man has died in London, and now his body is on its 
way for interment at Lincoln ; last night it rested at 
Ancaster ; now a solemn chant rolls mournfully over the 
Heath northwards of that point, and from the midst of 
kneeling groups of villagers I see a long procession of priests 
and choristers filing onwards, headed by one bearing a 
golden crucifix, veiled with their black drapery ; next 
are four bearing lighted lanterns fixed on the ends of poles, 
then another priest carrying a veiled silver crosier or 
Bishop's staff, and then follows a coffin on an open carriage 
covered by a black pall, ornamented by one large silver cross 
reaching from one end of it to the other, and lastly more 
ecclesiastics terminate the procession. Who is it that is thus 
honoured, and for whom is the largest bell at Ancaster now 
tolling P. It is for Hugh, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln, 
Hugh of Avalon, near Grenoble, who was specially invited 
by Henry II. to come over to England for the purpose of 
founding the first Carthusian Monastery at Witham, and 
was afterwards consecrated Bishop of Lincoln ; Hugh — who 
boldly resisted wrong when it was attempted even by his 
Royal patron and his successor, the impetuous 1st Richard ; 
Hugh — the builder of a great part of the Cathedral at 
Lincoln, and who laboured with his own hands at the 
work ; Hugh — who was regarded as a saint by those who 
lived in his days, and as one who could work miracles. A 
King is waiting to aid in carrying his body to the grave 
when it reaches Lincoln, and he shall be assisted by three 
archbishops, fourteen bishops, more than a hundred abbots, 
and innumerable earls and barons. These shall place the 
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