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It is composed of three superimposed structures, gradually diminishing in solidity and massiveness from the square base to the high-springing octagonal spire, garlanded with thorny crowns. It is balanced at the south end of the facade by the pretty cupola and lantern of the Mozarabic Chapel, the work of the Greek Theotocopouli.
The last votive candle at the Virgin's shrine flickered down and disappeared like a firefly in dense blackness, the last echo of the bell died in a tremulous vibration up among the high-springing roof-arches, and away into the solemn corners where the nameless dead reposed, the last impression of life and feeling vanished with the retreating figure of the Cardinal and the great Cathedral, the Sanctuary and House of God, took upon itself the semblance of a funeral vault, a dark, Void, wherein but one red star, the lamp before the Altar, burned.
"If ye had come when I called, this had never been," said Mowgli, running much faster. "And now what is to be?" said Gray Brother. Mowgli was going to answer when a girl in a white cloth came down some path that led from the outskirts of the village. Gray Brother dropped out of sight at once, and Mowgli backed noiselessly into a field of high-springing crops.
While throughout the holy building, high-springing arch, and sombre aisle, and vaulted ceiling, and curiously-wrought oaken roof; all combine to impress the mind with awe and admiration, with thoughts of the past and hopes for the future.
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