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BOOK X.
THE SACRIFICE ON THE ALTAR.
CHAPTER I.
The good Bishop Alred, now raised to the See of York, had been
summoned from his cathedral seat by Edward, who had indeed undergone a
severe illness, during the absence of Harold; and that illness had
been both preceded and followed by mystical presentiments of the evil
days that were to fall on England after his death. He had therefore
sent for the best and the holiest prelate in his realm, to advise and
counsel with.
The bishop had returned to his lodging in London (which was in a