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of this tale of suffering and woe. But life
is made up of such contrasts and so is death.
No, I know well he does not fit in the
composition. Anyhow I shall leave him in the
place where I found him, like the
bell-capped buffoon strutting about amongst
the swordsmen and arquebusiers on an old
Flemish tapestry, or like the grinning monkey
crouching in the corner of a primitive old
painting of martyrs and saints. Yes,
martyrs and saints they are indeed, the other
figures I have tried to paint with loving
hands on the remaining pages of this little
book! Martyrs giving their lives for a
sacred cause and saints bending over bleeding
wounds and gently closing the eyes of the
dead with prayers on their lips. The
background of the picture is the fair land of
France with its devastated plains and its
ruined homes, and far away against the
reddening sky Rheims Cathedral in flames!
Brave and chivalrous France, so calm in her
hour of danger, so dignified in her sorrow,
so strong in the consciousness of her
unconquerable soul.
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