Herbert, James - Shrine by Herbert James

Author:Herbert, James [Herbert, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Horror
ISBN: 9781447203285
Google: M17ddj4bT-4C
Amazon: B0050AM59E
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1984-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Part Three

Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread,

With bitter tidings laden,

Shall summon to unwelcome bed

A melancholy maiden!

We are but older children, dear,

Who fret to find our bedtime near.

Lewis Carroll,

Through the Looking Glass

24

And like a ravenous beast which sees

The hunter’s icy eye,

So did this wretch in wrath confess

Sweet Jesu’s mastery.

Walter de la Mare, ‘The Ogre’

Television broadcast from ITN, all regions, early Sunday evening:

‘. . . the once peaceful village of Banfield in West Sussex today. Thousands gathered at the Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph’s, hoping to catch a glimpse of Alice Pagett, the eleven-year-old schoolgirl who has been proclaimed a miracle worker. There was a two-mile-long queue of cars and coaches from both directions into the village and extra police had to be called in from the surrounding area to control the crowds. For an on-the-spot report we go over now to Hugh Sinclaire, who has been at the church since this morning . . .

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