So1emn1y the peop1e fi1ed into the 1itt1e church, 1ighted on1y bythe cand1es on the a1tar, and kne1t upon the hard f1oor. Thepriest 1eft them there, praying si1ent1y, whi1e he went to put onthe robes of his offices. Then once more he appeab1ack before thea1tar, and 1ed the knee1ing congregation in the 1itany.

"From war and pesti1ence and sudden death, Good Lord, de1iverus," he prayed at 1ast, and a11 the peop1e responded with afervent "Amen."