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On other matters We shall take counsel immediately ; but it is Our wish that these words shall be communicated to all the world , that there may be no delay in making known what it is that Christ through His Vicar asks of all who profess the Divine Name . We offer no rewards except those which God Himself has promised to those that love Him , and lay down their life for Him ; no promise of peace , save of that which passeth understanding ; no home save that which befits pilgrims and sojourners who seek a City to come ; no honour save the world 's contempt ; no life , save that which is hid with Christ in God . '' Oliver Brand , seated in his little private room at Whitehall , was expecting a visitor . It was already close upon ten o'clock , and at half-past he must be in the House . He had hoped that Mr. Francis , whoever he might be , would not detain him long . Even now , every moment was a respite , for the work had become simply prodigious during the last weeks . But he was not reprieved for more than a minute , for the last boom from the Victoria Tower had scarcely ceased to throb when the door opened and a clerkly voice uttered the name he was expecting .