midday
I begin to realise -- '' He held up his hand with a warning gesture . `` Hush ! '' he said -- `` There are things of which we must not speak ! '' At that moment the monastery bell tolled the midday `` Angelus . '' Don Aloysius bent his head -- Morgana instinctively did the same . Within the building the deep voices of the brethren sounded , chanting , -- `` Angelus Domini nuntiavit Maria Et concepit de Spiritu sancto . '' As the salutation to heaven finished , the mellow music of the organ in the chapel sent a wave of solemn and prayerful tenderness on the air , and , moved by the emotion of the hour , Morgana 's heart beat more quickly and tears filled her eyes .