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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christmas night. One
lady only, wrapped close in her black muffler and followed by her
maid, walked swiftly, yet sadly, toward the long causeway and
bridge which led to Northam town. Sir Richard Grenville and his
wife caught her up and stopped her courteously.
"You will come home with us, Mrs. Leigh," said Lady Grenville, "and
spend a pleasant Christmas night?"
Mrs. Leigh smiled sweetly, and laying one hand on Lady Grenville's
arm, pointed with the other to the westward, and said:
"I cannot well spend a merry Christmas night while that sound is in
my ears."
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