midday
He went up on to the tower . How often he had been drawn there as by a devilish fascination ! The great city looked innocent enough now under its mantle of sunlight , dotted over with green , but how dense , how difficult ! Then the bell rang for midday service , though it was not yet noon , and he went down to the hall . The brothers were there preparing to go into the church . The order of the procession was the same as on the day of his dedication , except that Brother Paul was no longer with them -- Brother Andrew going first with the cross , then the lay brothers , then the religious , then the Father , and John Storm last of all . Though the courtyard was full of sunshine , the church looked dark and gloomy .