"Item, that between nones and
vespers on the feast of James the Less the said brother John was observed upon the Brockenhurst road, near the spot which is known as Hatchett's Pond in converse with a person of the other sex, being a maiden of the name of Mary Sowley, the daughter of the King's verderer.
With large gestures and in the emphatic tone which made what he said so striking, Athelny described to Philip the Spanish cathedrals with their vast dark spaces, the massive gold of the altar-pieces, and the sumptuous iron-work, gilt and faded, the air laden with incense, the silence: Philip almost saw the Canons in their short surplices of lawn, the acolytes in red, passing from the sacristy to the choir; he almost heard the monotonous chanting of
vespers. The names which Athelny mentioned, Avila, Tarragona, Saragossa, Segovia, Cordova, were like trumpets in his heart.
Then when he saw the slanting sunlight lying on field and fallow, shining redly here and there on cot and farmhouse, and when he heard the sweet birds singing their
vespers, and the sheep bleating upon the hillside, and beheld the swallows flying in the bright air, there came a great fullness to his heart so that all things blurred to his sight through salt tears, and he bowed his head lest the folk should think him unmanly when they saw the tears in his eyes.
He never went about otherwise than surrounded by a small court of bishops and abbés of high lineage, gallant, jovial, and given to carousing on occasion; and more than once the good and devout women of Saint Germain d' Auxerre, when passing at night beneath the brightly illuminated windows of Bourbon, had been scandalized to hear the same voices which had intoned
vespers for them during the day carolling, to the clinking of glasses, the bacchic proverb of Benedict XII., that pope who had added a third crown to the Tiara-- Bibamus papaliter .
Huskies coach Dan
Vesper said he got the idea from former Hersey coach Bob Murphy, now the assistant principal for student activities at Elk Grove.
The VM3000 is the first digital microphone in
Vesper's portfolio and greatly expands the number of applications that can be serviced with robust piezoelectric MEMS microphones.
With this latest transaction,
Vesper's student housing portfolio now spans 21 markets in 13 states.
As Sam trains
Vesper in fighting techniques and helps her befriend other Oddities who teach her how to wield her dangerous powers, they learn more about each other's past and discover that this fight has actually become a battle against death itself.
The mum-to-be then adds: "First, it's pretty modern (it's the name of the Roman demigod of the evening star, but it was only brought into modern use in the last 20 years due James Bond character
Vesper Lynd) so I'm worried it might age poorly.
Vesper, in partnership with Prospect Capital, acquired an eight-property multi-state portfolio from Heitman for $72 million.
Vesper is especially proud that it has taught over 3,300 women to weld (63% participants in
Vesper's programs are women).