. The Burton Holmes lectures;. hutting out the light andconcealing the vertiginous vistas, and thereby making theascent less terrifying to the timid. Through another trap-door at the top of this well-likehole, a monk peers down upon the would-be visitor and bidsher climb to him, up a shaky, swaying ladder — not a rope-ladder, but a rough wooden ladder made up of numberlessshort sections, hinged together in a manner obviously inse-cure. So close is the ladder to the walls that a firm footholdis impossible, and the creaking and the swaying of it as thedaring pilgrim climbs would disconcert a sai
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. hutting out the light andconcealing the vertiginous vistas, and thereby making theascent less terrifying to the timid. Through another trap-door at the top of this well-likehole, a monk peers down upon the would-be visitor and bidsher climb to him, up a shaky, swaying ladder — not a rope-ladder, but a rough wooden ladder made up of numberlessshort sections, hinged together in a manner obviously inse-cure. So close is the ladder to the walls that a firm footholdis impossible, and the creaking and the swaying of it as thedaring pilgrim climbs would disconcert a sailor accustomed to fighting storms in the rigging of a ship. But the words, Oh, I mall right!are dropped reassur-ingly, until at last thecreaking ceases, andw^e know that she issafe and sound by one we fol-low, not disdainingthe rope, which, low-ered to us by thethoughtful monks, wetie around the thus it wasthat the Americanpilgrims arrived at theConvent of the HolyTrinity. A final shortclimb to the monas-. \ BYZANTINE CHAPEL
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