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B. warmly defends them. He says they are higher than any building in Europe, except the Eiffel Tower. "Oh, dear no!" I say, "there are many buildings higher than they in Europe  to say nothing of Asia and America." B WARMLY DEFENDS THEM HE SAYS THEY ARE HIGHER THAN ANY BUILDING IN EUROPE EXCEPT THE EIFFEL TOWER OH DEAR NO I SAY THERE ARE MANY BUILDINGS HIGHER THAN THEY IN EUROPE TO SAY NOTHING OF ASIA AND AMERICA
ed, and promises to swear off. He vows, with tears in his voice, that he will never enter a church-door again. But next morning, when the temptation comes, all his good resolutions are swept away, and again he yields. It is no good being angry with him, because he evidently does really try; but there is something about the mere odour of a church that he simply cannot withstand. Not knowing, then, that this weakness of his for churches was so strong, I made no objection to the proposed visit to Cologne Cathedral, and, accordingly, towards it we wended our way. B. has seen it before, and knows all about it. He tells me it was begun about the middle of the thirteenth century, and was only completed ten years ago. It seems to me that there must have been gross delay on the part of the builder. Why, a plumber would be ashamed to take as long as that over a job! B. also asserts that the two towers are the highest church towers in the world. I dispute this, and deprecate the towers generally.  AND CATHEDRALS HE IS DEEPLY MOVED AND PROMISES TO SWEAR OFF HE VOWS WITH TEARS IN HIS VOICE THAT HE WILL NEVER ENTER A CHURCH DOOR AGAIN BUT NEXT MORNING WHEN THE TEMPTATION COMES ALL HIS GOOD RESOLUTIONS ARE SWEPT AWAY AND AGAIN HE YIELDS IT IS NO GOOD BEING ANGRY WITH HIM BECAUSE HE EVIDENTLY DOES REALLY TRY BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE MERE ODOR OF A CHURCH THAT HE SIMPLY CANNOT WITHSTAND NOT KNOWING THEN THAT THIS WEAKNESS OF HIS FOR CHURCHES WAS SO STRONG I MADE NO OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED VISIT TO COLOGNE CATHEDRAL AND ACCORDINGLY TOWARDS IT WE WENDED OUR WAY B HAS SEEN IT BEFORE AND KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT HE TELLS ME IT WAS BEGUN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY AND WAS ONLY COMPLETED TEN YEARS AGO HE SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN GROSS DELAY ON THE PART OF THE BUILDER WHY A PLUMBER WOULD BE ASHAMED TO TAKE AS LONG AS THAT OVER A JOB B ALSO ASSERTS THAT THE TWO TOWERS ARE THE HIGHEST CHURCH TOWERS IN THE WORLD I DISPUTE THIS AND DEPRECATE THE TOWERS GENERALLY
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