The Cathedral by Sir Hugh Walpole
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like that? Why, we're ants...!"
He stopped suddenly. "You'll think me foolish, Miss Brandon," he said. "You have known the Cathedral so long----" He paused. "I think I know what you mean about fearing it----" He saw her to the door. "Good-bye," he said, smiling. "Come again." "I like him," she thought as she walked away. What a splendid day she had had! Chapter IV The Impertinent Elephant Archdeacon Brandon had surmounted with surprising celerity the shock of Falk's unexpected return. He was helped to this firstly by his confident belief in a God who had him especially in His eye and would, on no account, do him any harm. As God had decided that Falk had better leave Oxford, it was foolish to argue that it would have been wiser for him to stay there. Secondly, he was helped by his own love for, and pride in, his |
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