Cathedral
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Silver plate sparkled in the jeweller's windows, and the light falling obliquely on the
cathedral
made mirrors of the corners of the grey stones; a flock of birds fluttered in the grey sky round the trefoil bell-turrets; the square, resounding with cries, was fragrant with the flowers that bordered its pavement, roses, jasmines, pinks, narcissi, and tube-roses, unevenly spaced out between moist grasses, catmint, and chickweed for the birds; the fountains gurgled in the centre, and under large umbrellas, amidst melons, piled up in heaps, flower-women, bare-headed, were twisting paper round bunches of violets.
The beadle, standing aloof, was inwardly angry at this individual who took the liberty of admiring the
cathedral
by himself.
He did a great deal for the
cathedral.
It is all cast; it—"Leon was fleeing, for it seemed to him that his love, that for nearly two hours now had become petrified in the church like the stones, would vanish like a vapour through that sort of truncated funnel, of oblong cage, of open chimney that rises so grotesquely from the
cathedral
like the extravagant attempt of some fantastic brazier.
They were works "which treated of the cathedral."
I see a gothic cathedral, storied windows; my feeble heart imagines the priest from those windows ...My soul would understand him, my soul has need of him.
K. learned in this way that the Italian first had a few business matters to settle, that he unfortunately had only a little time at his disposal, that he certainly did not intend to rush round to see every monument in the city, that he would much rather - at least as long as K. would agree, it was entirely his decision - just see the
cathedral
and to do so thoroughly.
He was extremely pleased to be accompanied by someone who was so learned and so pleasant - by this he meant K., who was occupied not with listening to the Italian but the director - and asked if he would be so kind, if the time was suitable, to meet him in the
cathedral
in two hours' time at about ten o'clock.
He spent the time still remaining to him with a dictionary, copying out obscure words he would need to guide the Italian round the
cathedral.
The good intentions he had had earlier, though, seemed to have left him completely, it was the Italian who had caused him all this effort and sometimes he became so angry with him that he buried the dictionary under some papers firmly intending to do no more preparation, but then he realised he could not walk up and down in the
cathedral
with the Italian without saying a word, so, with in an even greater rage, he pulled the dictionary back out again.
At exactly half past nine, just when he was about to leave, there was a telephone call for him, Leni wished him good morning and asked how he was, K. thanked her hurriedly and told her it was impossible for him to talk now as he had to go to the
cathedral.
"To the cathedral?"
"Yes, to the cathedral."
"What do you have to go to the
cathedral
for?" said Leni.
He took a taxi to the cathedral, at the last moment he had remembered the album that he had had no opportunity to give to the Italian earlier and so took it with him now.
The rain had eased off slightly but it was still damp chilly and dark, it would be difficult to see anything in the
cathedral
but standing about on cold flagstones might well make K.'s chill much worse.
The square in front of the
cathedral
was quite empty, K. remembered how even as a small child he had noticed that nearly all the houses in this narrow square had the curtains at their windows closed most of the time, although today, with the weather like this, it was more understandable.
The
cathedral
also seemed quite empty, of course no-one would think of going there on a day like this.
K. went back to the main entrance, stood there indecisively for a while, and then walked round the
cathedral
in the rain in case the Italian was waiting at another entrance.
As he was tired he wanted to sit down, he went back inside the cathedral, he found something like a small carpet on one of the steps, he moved it with his foot to a nearby pew, wrapped himself up tighter in his coat, put the collar up and sat down.
There seemed to be no point in waiting for the Italian any longer, but outside it was certainly raining heavily, and as it was not so cold in the
cathedral
as K. had expected he decided to stay there for the time being.
In the
cathedral
it was now very quiet!
K. felt slightly abandoned as, probably observed by the priest, he walked by himself between the empty pews, and the size of the
cathedral
seemed to be just at the limit of what a man could bear.
It pierced through the reaches of the
cathedral
ready waiting for it!
"I see," said K."I had you summoned here," said the priest, "because I wanted to speak to you.""I knew nothing of that," said K."I came here to show the
cathedral
to a gentleman from Italy.""That is beside the point," said the priest.
I'm the chief clerk in a bank and there are people waiting for me, I only came here to show a foreign business contact round the cathedral."
Frequently he planted himself before Notre Dame, to contemplate the scaffolding surrounding the
cathedral
which was then undergoing repair.
I withdrew at once with the Morisco into the cloister of the cathedral, and begged him to turn all these pamphlets that related to Don Quixote into the Castilian tongue, without omitting or adding anything to them, offering him whatever payment he pleased.
"That is true," said the licentiate, "for those who have been bred up in the Tanneries and the Zocodover cannot talk like those who are almost all day pacing the
cathedral
cloisters, and yet they are all Toledans.
'Ah! fine place,' said the stranger, 'glorious pile--frowning walls--tottering arches--dark nooks--crumbling staircases--old
cathedral
too--earthy smell--pilgrims' feet wore away the old steps--little Saxon doors--confessionals like money-takers' boxes at theatres--queer customers those monks--popes, and lord treasurers, and all sorts of old fellows, with great red faces, and broken noses, turning up every day--buff jerkins too-- match-locks--sarcophagus--fine place--old legends too--strange stories: capital;' and the stranger continued to soliloquise until they reached the Bull Inn, in the High Street, where the coach stopped.
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