The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . all panelled doorin an arch at theupper end of the hallwas opened, and anumber of gray-headed old men, clad in long black cloaks, came forth one by one: proceedingin that manner through the hall, without uttering a word,each turning a pale face on me as he passed, and disap-pearing through a door at the lower end. 6. I was singularly struck with their appearance; theirblack cloaks and antiquated air comported with the styleof this most venerable and mysteri
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . all panelled doorin an arch at theupper end of the hallwas opened, and anumber of gray-headed old men, clad in long black cloaks, came forth one by one: proceedingin that manner through the hall, without uttering a word,each turning a pale face on me as he passed, and disap-pearing through a door at the lower end. 6. I was singularly struck with their appearance; theirblack cloaks and antiquated air comported with the styleof this most venerable and mysterious pile. It was as ifthe ghosts of the departed years, about which I had beenmusing, were passing in review before me. Pleasing myselfwith such fancies, I set out, in the spirit of romance, to explorewhat I pictured to myself a realm of shadows, existing in thevery centre of substantial realities. 7. My ramble led me through a labyrinth of interior courts,and corridors, and dilapidated cloisters, for the main edificehad many additions and dependencies, built at various timesand in various styles; in one open space a number of boys,. Temple Church from the South 116 THE SKETCH-BOOK
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