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Soon his throne will be bare, and I shall have but begun to say what I have to say of calamity in cathedral and little gardens of Arras. SOON HIS THRONE WILL BE BARE AND I SHALL HAVE BUT BEGUN TO SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY OF CALAMITY IN CATHEDRAL AND LITTLE GARDENS OF ARRAS
, yet to see that photograph and to stand on that weedy heap, in the wind, under the jackdaws, was a contrast with which the mind fumbled. I walked a little with the French interpreter. We came to a little shrine in the southern aisle. It had been all paved with marble, and the marble was broken into hundreds of pieces, and someone had carefully picked up all the bits, and laid them together on the altar. And this pathetic heap that was gathered of broken bits had drawn many to stop and gaze at it; and idly, as soldiers will, they had written their names on them: every bit had a name on it, with but a touch of irony the Frenchman said, "All that is necessary to bring your name to posterity is to write it on one of these stones.", "No," I said, "I will do it by describing all this." And we both laughed. I have not done it yet: there is more to say of Arras. As I begin the tale of ruin and wrong, the man who did it totters. His gaudy power begins to stream away like the leaves of autumn. LEMNITY OF A CATHEDRAL'S INTERIOR YET TO SEE THAT PHOTOGRAPH AND TO STAND ON THAT WEEDY HEAP IN THE WIND UNDER THE JACKDAWS WAS A CONTRAST WITH WHICH THE MIND FUMBLED I WALKED A LITTLE WITH THE FRENCH INTERPRETER WE CAME TO A LITTLE SHRINE IN THE SOUTHERN AISLE IT HAD BEEN ALL PAVED WITH MARBLE AND THE MARBLE WAS BROKEN INTO HUNDREDS OF PIECES AND SOME ONE HAD CAREFULLY PICKED UP ALL THE BITS AND LAID THEM TOGETHER ON THE ALTAR AND THIS PATHETIC HEAP THAT WAS GATHERED OF BROKEN BITS HAD DRAWN MANY TO STOP AND GAZE AT IT AND IDLY AS SOLDIERS WILL THEY HAD WRITTEN THEIR NAMES ON THEM EVERY BIT HAD A NAME ON IT WITH BUT A TOUCH OF IRONY THE FRENCHMAN SAID ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO BRING YOUR NAME TO POSTERITY IS TO WRITE IT ON ONE OF THESE STONES NO I SAID I WILL DO IT BY DESCRIBING ALL THIS AND WE BOTH LAUGHED I HAVE NOT DONE IT YET THERE IS MORE TO SAY OF ARRAS AS I BEGIN THE TALE OF RUIN AND WRONG THE MAN WHO DID IT TOTTERS HIS GAUDY POWER BEGINS TO STREAM AWAY LIKE THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN
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