In the Court of the Dragon

"Oh, thou who burn'st in heart for those who burnIn Hell, whose fires thyself shall feed in turn;How long be crying—'Mercy on them.' God!Why, who art thou to teach and He to learn?"In the Church of St. Barnabé vespers were over; the clergy left the altar; the little choir-boys flocked across the chancel and settled in the stalls. A Suisse in rich uniform marched down the south aisle, sounding his staff at every fourth step on the stone pavement; behind him came that eloquent preacher and good man, Monseigneur C——.