Whether the edifice now standing on the same site be the identical one to which she referred I am not antiquarian enough to know.
-- Narrator (N/A)

Importance: In this quotation, the narrator admits that he is aware of the location of the church, but he does not know if the church currently standing there is the same church that was there on the day of Ellenwood and Dabney's wedding. This admission further emphasizes the disconnect of time and experience between the narrator and the actual events of the central narrative.

His caprices had their origin in a mind that lacked the support of an engrossing purpose, and in feelings that preyed upon themselves for want of other food.
-- Narrator (N/A)

Importance: This description refers to Mr. Ellenwood. Through narrational exposition, Ellenwood is established as an eccentric and aimless scholar. This line of narration asserts the idea that his eccentricity may have been caused by his lack...