“H’m, yes.”
“It is the most impressive sight I ever beheld.”
“Why so?”
“It is as a chancel should be.”
“Of course, the most beautiful portion of a cathedral.”
“Beauty is not all, I feel more than I see; the beauty is sacred here; the sacred feeling comes first, and then—oh, it is so beautiful!”
“It must be a Holy Place if it affects you that way.”
“Yes, a place for prayer, it seems natural to pray here; here one thinks upwards, and looks upwards.”
“Then the effect is spiritual as well as artistic.”
“Oh, don’t analyze! I don’t wish to reason at all,” said Adele. “For me it’s perfect. I’m satisfied. Just let me rest here, let me go and sit down, and be a part of it.”