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Where the nave joins the transept the ruin is most enormous. Perhaps there was more to bring down there, so the Germans brought it down: there may have been a tower there, for all I know, or a spire. WHERE THE NAVE JOINS THE TRANSEPT THE RUIN IS MOST ENORMOUS PERHAPS THERE WAS MORE TO BRING DOWN THERE SO THE GERMANS BROUGHT IT DOWN THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A TOWER THERE FOR ALL I KNOW OR A SPIRE
 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. 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. In the southern aisle panes of green glass, in twisted frame of lead, here and there lingered, like lonely leaves on an apple-tree-after a hailstorm in spring. The aisles still had their roofs over them which those stout old walls held up in spite of all. ECK 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 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 IN THE SOUTHERN ISLE PANES OF GREEN GLASS IN TWISTED FRAME OF LEAD HERE AND THERE LINGERED LIKE LONELY LEAVES ON AN APPLE TREE AFTER A HAILSTORM IN SPRING THE AISLES STILL HAD THEIR ROOFS OVER THEM WHICH THOSE STOUT OLD WALLS HELD UP IN SPITE OF ALL
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