The Man Who Laughs Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter IV - Moenius surdis campana muta

In which the faithful Ursus, driven by a mixture of dread and hope, vigilantly watches through the shadowed alleys the solemn and ghostly procession that flows from prison to cemetery, marked by the mournful tolling of the bell Muta. The sombre passage of men, torches, and a coffin wrenches from his heart a bitter conviction, as he mourns the cruel fate that seems to have befallen Gwynplaine.