Though located at the foot of Munjoy Hill, the cemetery was still raised enough to provide an excellent view looking out over the city’s business district as well as the waterfront and the islands of Casco Bay. The two men proceeded down Funeral Lane, a worn, L-shaped footpath that led into the heart of the graveyard before curving off to exit at Mountfort Street. Lean’s eyes traveled over the ancient burial ground. A fence of granite posts and black wrought-iron spikes wound its way around to form an irregular, almost trapezoidal, shape that enclosed the five acres. It was not a modern cemetery, orderly and well planned. This burial ground matched the city it served, all the more interesting for its untidy, haphazard layout. A few trees dotted the cemetery, and the grass was overgrown in most areas. There was no great uniformity to the place. Some of the rows tended to be ragged and imperfect. Tombs, above- and belowground, mixed with headstones of all shapes and sizes. Tall bright marble, rounded granite slabs, and small, rough-hewn fieldstones all mingled with one another, most angled forward or back to one degree or another.
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