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All Arras, she said, was ruined. The great cathedral was ruined, her own family were ruined utterly, and she pointed to where the sad houses gazed from forlorn dead windows. ALL ARAS SHE SAID WAS RUINED THE GREAT CATHEDRAL WAS RUINED HER OWN FAMILY WERE RUINED UTTERLY AND SHE POINTED TO WHERE THE SAD HOUSES GAZED FROM FORLORN DEAD WINDOWS
re, 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. A great round hole gaped in the ground outside; it was this that had opened the door. Just beyond the big heap, on the left of the chancel, stood something made of wood, which almost certainly had been the organ. As I looked at these things there passed through the desolate sanctuaries, and down an aisle past pillars pitted with shrapnel, a sad old woman, sad even for a woman of North-East France. She seemed to be looking after the mounds and stones that had once been the cathedral; perhaps she had once been the Bishop's servant, or the wife of one of the vergers; she only remained of all who had been there in other days, she and the pigeons and jackdaws. I spoke to her. S 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 A GREAT ROUND HOLE GAPED IN THE GROUND OUTSIDE IT WAS THIS THAT HAD OPENED THE DOOR JUST BEYOND THE BIG HEAP ON THE LEFT OF THE CHANCEL STOOD SOMETHING MADE OF WOOD WHICH ALMOST CERTAINLY HAD BEEN THE ORGAN AS I LOOKED AT THESE THINGS THERE PASSED THROUGH THE DESOLATE SANCTUARIES AND DOWN AN AISLE PAST PILLARS PITTED WITH TRAPNEL A SAD OLD WOMAN SAD EVEN FOR A WOMAN OF NORTH EAST FRANCE SHE SEEMED TO BE LOOKING AFTER THE MOUNDS AND STONES THAT HAD ONCE BEEN THE CATHEDRAL PERHAPS SHE HAD ONCE BEEN THE BISHOP'S SERVANT OR THE WIFE OF ONE OF THE VERGERS SHE ONLY REMAINED OF ALL WHO HAD BEEN THERE IN OTHER DAYS SHE AND THE PIGEONS AND THE JACKDAWS I SPOKE TO HER
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