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It was all down but one slender arch that crossed the nave just at the transept; it stood out against the sky, and all who saw it wondered how it stood. IT WAS ALL DOWN BUT ONE SLENDER ARCH THAT CROSSED THE NAVE JUST AT THE TRANSEPT IT STOOD OUT AGAINST THE SKY AND ALL WHO SAW IT WONDERED HOW IT STOOD
on trouble, gazing at their great elder companion and not knowing what to do. But the facts of Arras are sadder than a poet's most tragic fancies. In the western front of Arras Cathedral stand eight pillars rising from the ground; above them stood four more. Of the four upper pillars the two on the left are gone, swept away by shells from the north: and a shell has passed through the neck of one of the two that is left, just as a bullet might go through a daffodil's stem. The left-hand corner of that western wall has been caught from the north, by some tremendous shell which has torn the whole corner down in a mound of stone: and still the walls have stood. I went in through the western doorway. All along the nave lay a long heap of white stones, with grass and weeds on the top, and a little trodden path over the grass and weeds. This is all that remained of the roof of Arras Cathedral and of any chairs or pews there may have been in the nave, or anything that may have hung above them. TLE OLD PEOPLE COME UPON TROUBLE GAZING AT THEIR GREAT ELDER COMPANION AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO BUT THE FACTS OF ARRAS ARE SADDER THAN A POET'S MOST TRAGIC FANCIES IN THE WESTERN FRONT OF ARAS CATHEDRAL STAND EIGHT PILLARS RISING FROM THE GROUND ABOVE THEM STOOD FOUR MORE OF THE FOUR UPPER PILLARS THE TWO ON THE LEFT ARE GONE SWEPT AWAY BY SHELLS FROM THE NORTH AND A SHELL HAS PASS THROUGH THE NECK OF ONE OF THE TWO THAT IS LEFT JUST AS A BULLET MIGHT GO THROUGH A DAFFODIL'S STEM THE LEFT HAND CORNER OF THAT WESTERN WALL HAS BEEN CAUGHT FROM THE NORTH BY SOME TREMENDOUS SHELL WHICH HAS TORN THE WHOLE CORNER DOWN IN A MOUND OF STONE AND STILL THE WALLS HAVE STOOD I WENT IN THROUGH THE WESTERN DOORWAY ALL ALONG THE NAVE LAY A LONG HEAP OF WHITE STONES WITH GRASS AND WEEDS ON THE TOP AND A LITTLE TRODDEN PATH OVER THE GRASS AND WEEDS THIS IS ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE ROOF OF A ROS CATHEDRAL AND OF ANY CHAIRS OR PEWS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE NAVE OR ANYTHING THAT MAY HAVE HUNG ABOVE THEM
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