Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . )^----^ ARRAS were occasionally smooth pavements to be found, butmainly there were quaint old corners, high old yellowfronted, narrow windowed houses, and old, old men andolder women passing to and fro in the narrow by streets. In one corner of the market place sat an ancient damein a wonderful lace cap, who presided over a huge pileof pale green earthenware pots of various sizes and fineshapes, who all unconsciously made for me a picture insunlight and shadow; brown wrinkled hands busy withknitting; brown wrinkled face and bright shrewd greenyblue eye
Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . )^----^ ARRAS were occasionally smooth pavements to be found, butmainly there were quaint old corners, high old yellowfronted, narrow windowed houses, and old, old men andolder women passing to and fro in the narrow by streets. In one corner of the market place sat an ancient damein a wonderful lace cap, who presided over a huge pileof pale green earthenware pots of various sizes and fineshapes, who all unconsciously made for me a picture insunlight and shadow; brown wrinkled hands busy withknitting; brown wrinkled face and bright shrewd greenyblue eyes, twinkling below the flaps of her lace cap; allagainst a worn, old, rusty-hinged green door! I could notresist the opportunity. So in a convenient doorway Ipaused to make a note of it without attracting much at-tention from the passers-by. Entering the wide place (there were two of these)one was confronted by an astonishing vista of quaintlygabled Flemish houses on either hand, all built mainlyafter one model but presenting some variat
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