noon
Ah , yes ; but sin hath brought death and pain into the world , and the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in bondage until now . `` But meanwhile He hath made suffering the path to glory , and our light affliction , which is but for a moment , shall be rewarded with an eternity of joy , if we but put our whole trust in Him who was made perfect by sufferings , and but calls His weary servants to tread the road He trod before them . '' And so , with an eloquence unsurpassed in the experience of his hearers , he drew all hearts to the Incarnate Love who wept , bled , died for them , and bade them see that Passion pictured in the Holy Mysteries , which were about to be celebrated before them , and to give Him their hearts ' oblation in union with the sacrifice . After the service the noon meat was spread in the castle hall , and afterwards Martin was invited to a private conference with the Lady Sybil . She received her nephew , as she already suspected him to be , in a little chamber of the tower long since pulled down . The scent of honeysuckle was borne in on the summer night air , and the rays of a full moon shone brightly through an open casement . At first the conversation was confined to the topic of Martin 's discourse , which we here omit , but afterwards the dame said : `` My child , for thou art but a child in years to me , tell me why it is thy voice seems so familiar , and even the lineaments of thy countenance ? ''