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Our house is in the parish of Calvary. They closed our church the same date as the rest.
I remember that day of mourning. The military destroyed the altar with shot and made a bonfire in the middle of the road to burn the wooden planks. The broken bodies of saints writhed in flames, and the rabble were squabbling and snatching the crowns they had torn from the statues. A drunken man set his horse prancing, striking sparks among the ashes. Ever since we've all been waiting to be punished.