CHAPTER 4
BOOK 11: The Scaffold
What Happened in the Chapel at Dagenham Park
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Not till the second night after the earl's body had been brought to Dagenham Park did the countess commence her journey to Dilston.
During the interval the coffin was placed upon a catafalque in the chapel attached to the mansion, and tapers were lighted around it -- masses being said for the repose of the soul of the departed by Father Norham.