Defiled and maimed, the Merciful, on vigil all the time,
Pitying His children's wrath, their passion and their crime—
Mute, mute He hangs upon His Cross, the symbol of His pain
And as men scourged Him long ago they scourge Him once again—
There in the lonely war-lit night to Christ, the Lord, I call
"Forgive the ones who work Thee harm. O Lord, forgive us all."
[CHAPTER VIII]
CAMBRAI AND AMIENS
We went to the town of Cambrai on October 13, a famous day in the history of the town, for it was then that the British handed the town, captured by them from the Germans, over to the French. Sir Douglas Haig and Premier Clemenceau were there: the French troops furnishing a guard of honour.