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A great round hole gaped in the ground outside; it was this that had opened the door. A GREAT ROUND HOLE GAPED IN THE GROUND OUTSIDE IT WAS THIS THAT HAD OPENED THE DOOR
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. 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. I stood on the heap and looked towards the altar. To my left all was ruin. To my right two old saints in stone stood by the southern door. The door had been forced open long ago, and stood as it was opened, partly broken. DDEN 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 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 I STOOD ON THE HEAP AND LOOKED TOWARDS THE ALTAR TO MY LEFT ALL WAS RUIN TO MY RIGHT TWO OLD SAINTS IN STONE STOOD BY THE SOUTHERN DOOR THE DOOR HAD BEEN FORCED OPEN LONG AGO AND STOOD AS IT WAS OPENED PARTLY BROKEN
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