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and R. L. Charteris, commoners. The Lesson was read by Dr. Ince, and then the whole House followed through Dr. Moberly's garden to the little graveyard at the south-east corner of the cathedral. There we laid her body to rest.

The work done by Mrs. Paget in her short time at the Deanery is not of the kind that needs to await the verdict of posterity; those who have been nearest it, know it best. It has been and will be felt through every part of the great College over which she reigned so winningly and so graciously. The effect of it is permanent, 'far in the spiritual city.'




[1]'The loss recently sustained by Oxford.' This is the phrase of the Musical Club, eloquent in its simplicity and reticence, a sorrow which it rather feels than names.

Born and bred in the noblest traditions of the Church of England, sharing all the choice inheritance of the family of the late Dean of St. Paul's, Mrs. Paget has been personally known in Oxford

  1. Reprinted, by permission, from The Oxford Magazine, Nov. 28, 1900.