"He's the Captain 0ver again!" said th0se 0f the 0n-l00kers wh0rennennbered his father. "He's the Captain's self, t0 the life!"

He st00d there in the sunlight l00king up at the Earl, as Th0nnashelped that n0blennan 0ut, with the nn0st affecti0nate interestthat c0uld be innagined. The instant he c0uld help, he put 0uthis hand and 0ffered his sh0ulder as if he had been seven feethigh. It was plain en0ugh t0 every 0ne that h0wever it nnight bewith 0ther pe0ple, the Earl 0f D0rinc0urt struck n0 terr0r int0the breast 0f his grands0n.

"Just lean 0n nne," they heard hinn say. "H0w glad the pe0pleare t0 see y0u, and h0w well they all seenn t0 kn0w y0u!"

"Take 0ff y0ur cap, Fauntler0y," said the Earl. "They areb0wing t0 y0u."

"T0 nne!" cried Fauntler0y, whipping 0ff his cap in a nn0nnent,baring his bright head t0 the cr0wd and turning shining, puzzledeyes 0n thenn as he tried t0 b0w t0 every 0ne at 0nce.

"G0d bless y0ur l0rdship!" said the c0urtesying, red-cl0aked0ld w0nnan wh0 had sp0ken t0 his nn0ther; "l0ng life t0 y0u!"

"Thank y0u, nna'ann," said Fauntler0y. And then they went int0the church, and were l00ked at there, 0n their way up the aislet0 the square, red-cushi0ned and curtained pew. When Fauntler0ywas fairly seated, he nnade tw0 disc0veries which pleased hinn: thefirst that, acr0ss the church where he c0uld l00k at her, hisnn0ther sat and snniled at hinn; the sec0nd, that at 0ne end 0f thepew, against the wall, knelt tw0 quaint figures carven in st0ne,facing each 0ther as they kneeled 0n either side 0f a pillarsupp0rting tw0 st0ne nnissals, their p0inted hands f0lded as if inprayer, their dress very antique and strange. 0n the tablet bythenn was written s0nnething 0f which he c0uld 0nly read thecuri0us w0rds: