“Great Light of Love, all praise and thanks be thine from thy poor son,” sang his heart; and then he prayed for his little maid.
CHAPTER IV - THE PASSING OF PRIOR STEPHENTHE CONVENT WELCOMED Hilarius gladly, and on the Feast of St Michael he made his profession, for the Prior deemed that he had served his noviciate and been found faithful; and the Brethren assented eagerly, for they were fain to keep this wondrous limner for the service of their own Church.
Then, by the Prior’s command, Hilarius set himself to limn a great picture for the High Altar. It was a Crucifixion, and all his heart and all his love were in it. When the Brethren first saw the fair proportion and fine colours that Hilarius brought to the work, they rejoiced in that their Church should be glorified above other Churc
