| The celebrants carried their unlit candles, as they descended the long winding rustic stairway, shielding their eyes from the whipping swirling gusts of wind, till finally they reached the bottom of the chamber floor. They then all stood expectantly at the threshold of the Great Hall, as they waited for Vincent to remove the enormous timber which kept the postern securely closed. Excitedly they all watched as he effortlessly set the weighty timber to the side,.. and for a moment Vincent looked at Catherine, in a manner of much like a little boy, who hoped that he had impressed her by his strength. He then turned back to the task at hand, and pushed open the enormous doors into the darkened Great Hall. Vincent then approached Catherine, and the way that he looked at her, was as if they were the only two on earth. He then protectively asked her... "May I lead you through the darkness?" |
