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Chapter 53

           Thusviolentdeedsliveaftermenupontheearth,andtracesofwarandbloodshedwillsurviveinmournfulshapeslongafterthosewhoworkedthedesolationarebutatomsofearththemselves.

           Thechildsatdown,inthisold,silentplace,amongthestarkfiguresonthetombs—theymadeitmorequietthere,thanelsewhere,toherfancy—andgazingroundwithafeelingofawe,temperedwithacalmdelight,feltthatnowshewashappy,andatrest.ShetookaBiblefromtheshelf,andread;then,layingitdown,thoughtofthesummerdaysandthebrightspringtimethatwouldcome—oftheraysofsunthatwouldfallinaslant,uponthesleepingforms—oftheleavesthatwouldflutteratthewindow,andplayinglisteningshadowsonthepavement—ofthesongsofbirds,andgrowthofbudsandblossomsoutofdoors—ofthesweetair,thatwouldstealin,andgentlywavethetatteredbannersoverhead.Whatifthespotawakenedthoughtsofdeath!Diewhowould,itwouldstillremainthesame;thesesightsandsoundswouldstillgoon,ashappilyasever.Itwouldbenopaintosleepamidstthem.

           Sheleftthechapel—veryslowlyandoftenturningbacktogazeagain—andcomingtoalowdoor,whichplainlyledintothetower,openedit,andclimbedthewindingstairindarkness;savewhereshelookeddown,throughnarrowloopholes,ontheplaceshehadleft,orcaughtaglimmeringvisionofthedustybells.Atlengthshegainedtheendoftheascentandstoodupontheturrettop

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