Voici ma main, cause de mon malheur,
Et voici ma langue détestable!
Ma main qui a fait le péché,
Et ma langue qui l'a nié.

The bas-relief represents the Adoration of the Magi, and bears date
1588, whilst the upper part bears that of 1581.

The interior of the church possesses some wonderful and almost matchless
carved wood, which surprised and delighted us. There were sixteenth
century statues, full of expression, of St. Hervé and St. Miliau; an
elaborate and beautiful pulpit, a font with a canopy supported by
twisted columns, magnificently carved and thirty feet high, dated 1675;
a matchless organ case, with three bas-reliefs, representing David, St.
Cecilia and a Triumphal March, the latter reproduced from one of
Alexander's battles by Lebrun.

In short, Guimiliau was a treasury of sculptured wood, which alone would
have made it remarkable amongst churches. It was almost impossible to
leave its fascination, and I fear that we more than envied the church
its possession. It also came with a surprise, for we had heard nothing
of this treasure of refined carving, and had anticipated nothing more
than the wonderful calvary. It still lives in our imagination, almost as
a dream; a dream of beauty and genius.

We lingered as long as we dared, but knew that we should not travel back
at express speed, and that our coachman, after his indulgence in Breton
beer or spirit, would probably be more sleepy than ever.