Chapter 49 No.49

There, met to doom in secrecy,

Were placed the heads of convents three;

All servants of Saint Benedict,

The statutes of whose order strict

On iron table lay;

In long black dress, on seats of stone,

Behind were these three judges shown

By the pale cresset's ray,

The Abbess of Saint Hilda's, there,

Sat for a space with visa