dethewallstheconfusionwasindescribable.Ifthecityre presen-
tedacarvedminiatureoftheworldthesuburbsrepresented thesame
modelbrokenintoathousandpiecestumbledinabagandshot outat
random.Sofarastheeyecouldseeonallsidesfromtheroofo ftheVat-
icantherestretchedanendlessplainofhouse-roofsbrokenbyspires
towersdomesandchimneysunderwhichlivedhumanbeingsof every
racebeneaththesun.Herewerethegreatmanufactoriesthe monster
buildingsofthenewworldthestationstheschoolstheoffi cesallun-
derseculardominionyetsurroundedbysixmillionsofsoul swholived
hereforloveofreligion.Itwasthesewhohaddespairedofm odernlife
tiredoutwithchangeandeffortwhohadfledfromthenewsys temfor
refugetotheChurchbutwhocouldnotobtainleavetolivein thecityit-
self.Newhouseswerecontinuallyspringingupinalldirec tions.Agi-
ganticcompassfixedbyoneleginRomeandwithaspanoffive miles
120
wouldiftwirledrevolvethroughpackedstreetsthroughit sentire
circle. Beyond that too houses stretched into the indefinite distance.
ButPercydidnotrealisethesignificanceofallthathesaw untilthe
occasion of the Pope's name-day towards the end of August.
Itwasyetcoolandearlywhenhefollowedhispatronwhomhew as
toserveaschaplainalongthebroadpassagesoftheVatican towardsthe
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