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Behind them the shattered houses of Arras seemed to cluster about the cathedral as, one might fancy easily, hurt and frightened children, so wistful are their gaping windows and old, grey empty gables, so melancholy and puzzled. BEHIND THEM THE SHATTERED HOUSES OF ARAZ SEEM TO CLUSTER ABOUT THE CATHEDRAL AS ONE MIGHT FANCY EASILY HURT AND FRIGHTEN CHILDREN SO WISTFUL ARE THEIR GAPING WINDOWS AND OLD GREY EMPTY GABLES SO MELANCHOLY AND PUZZLED
y bent their heads, sometimes two leaned together, but for the most part they were motionless. It was the time when the fashion is just changing and some were newly all in shining yellow, while others still wore green. I went up the steps amongst them, the only human thing, for men and women worship no more in Arras Cathedral, and the trees have come instead; little humble things, all less than four years old, in great numbers thronging the steps processionally, and growing in perfect rows just where step meets step. They have come to Arras with the wind and the rain; which enter the aisles together whenever they will, and go wherever man went; they have such a reverent air, the young limes on the three flights of steps, that you would say they did not know that Arras Cathedral was fallen on evil days, that they did not know they looked on ruin and vast disaster, but thought that these great walls open to stars and sun were the natural and fitting place for the worship of little weeds. HTLY SOMETIMES THEY BENT THEIR HEADS SOMETIMES TOO LEANED TOGETHER BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY WERE MOTIONLESS IT WAS THE TIME WHEN THE FASHION IS JUST CHANGING AND SOME WERE NEARLY ALL IN SHINING YELLOW WHILE OTHERS STILL WORE GREEN I WENT UP THE STEPS AMONGST THEM THE ONLY HUMAN THING FOR MEN AND WOMEN WORSHIPPED NO MORE IN NEROS CATHEDRAL AND THE TREES HAVE COME INSTEAD LITTLE HUMBLE THINGS ALL LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OLD IN GREAT NUMBERS THRONGING THE STEPS PROCESSIONALLY AND GROWING IN PERFECT ROWS JUST WHERE STEP MEETS STEP THEY HAVE COME TO A ROS WITH THE WIND AND THE RAIN WHICH ENTER THE ISLES TOGETHER WHENEVER THEY WILL AND GO WHEREVER MAN WENT THEY HAVE SUCH A REVERENT AIR THE YOUNG LIMES ON THE THREE FLIGHTS OF STEPS THAT YOU WOULD SAY THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT A ROS CATHEDRAL WAS FALLEN ON EVIL DAYS THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW THEY LOOKED ON RUIN AND VAST DISASTER BUT THOUGHT THAT THESE GREAT WALLS OPEN TO STARS AND SUN WERE THE NATURAL AND FITTING PLACE FOR THE WORSHIP OF LITTLE WEEDS
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