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readiness。
They passed up the steep hill; he eager as a pilgrim arriving
at the shrine。 As they came near the precincts; with castle on
one side and cathedral on the other; his veins seemed to break
into fiery blossom; he was transported。
They had passed through the gate; and the great west front
was before them; with all its breadth and ornament。
〃It is a false front;〃 he said; looking at the golden stone
and the twin towers; and loving them just the same。 In a little
ecstasy he found himself in the porch; on the brink of the
unrevealed。 He looked up to the lovely unfolding of the stone。
He was to pass within to the perfect womb。
Then he pushed open the door; and the great; pillared gloom
was before him; in which his soul shuddered and rose from her
nest。 His soul leapt; soared up into the great church。 His body
stood still; absorbed by the height。 His soul leapt up into the
gloom; into possession; it reeled; it swooned with a great
escape; it quivered in the womb; in the hush and the gloom of
fecundity; like seed of procreation in ecstasy。
She too was overe with wonder and awe。 She followed him in
his progress。 Here; the twilight was the very essence of life;
the coloured darkness was the embryo of all light; and the day。
Here; the very first dawn was breaking; the very last sunset
sinking; and the immemorial da