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"Oh, thou who burn'st in heart for those who burn / In Hell, whose fires thyself shall feed in turn; / How long be crying -- ‘Mercy on them. ' God! / Why, who art thou to teach and He to learn? "
In the Church of St. Barnabé vespers were over; the clergy left the altar; the little choirboys flocked across the chancel and settled in the stalls. A Suisse in rich uniform marched down the south aisle, sounding his staff at every fourth step on the stone pavement; behind him came that eloquent preacher and good man, Monseigneur C -- .