 | Henryk Sienkiewicz - Poland - 1893 - 560 pages
...church began to spit and cough, as is usu:il before preaching ; then they were quiet, and all eyes werj turned to the pulpit. The rattling of a drum was heard...suddenly, and a deathlike silence followed. Then the drum was heard a second and a third time ; suddenly the priest threw the drumsticks to the floor of... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 498 pages
...Father Kaminski ascended the pulpit, — the same who had been in Hreptyoff frequently, and who in the time of Basia's illness had prepared her for death....suddenly, and a death-like silence followed. Then a drum was heard a second and a third time; suddenly the priest threw the drumsticks to the floor of... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - Austria - 1914 - 656 pages
...and near her Zagloba, old, broken, decrepit, and trembling. She had followed on foot from Kamenyetz the hearse bearing that most precious coffin, and...suddenly, and a deathlike silence followed. Then the drum was heard a second and a third time; suddenly the priest threw the drumsticks to the floor of... | |
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But that was not yet the end of the ceremony. The knights had prepared many speeches to be spoken at the lowering of the coffin; meanwhile Father Kaminski ascended the pulpit, — the same who had been in Hreptyoff frequently, and who in time of Basia's... 