The Argosy — page 260: what you’re looking at

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Fair Normandy. 241 Thus in those days we see that many of the refinements and cour- tesies and quiet attentions of life were in existence. In many ways it was an age of chivalry, counterbalanced by much that was rude, barbarous, superstitious and cruel. It was scarcely an age of prin- ciple and right-doing. Every man’s desire was his conscience, and the strong and the mighty, though wrong, prevailed over the humble and the frail, however right. . r" ‘ Why i n vr '* | OLD ‘HobsHs. CHARTRES., And thus we also see that the past history and atmosphere of Evreux are distinctly ecclesiastical. And even now the ecclesiastical and religious element is evident, even though the sound of the weaver’s shuttle is heard in her streets, and tall factories have raised their secular heads above the houses. But they are not aggressive. You do not greatly notice them. ‘They do not aspire to rival the sacred walls in interest or attention. The one other interesting church of Evreux is that of St. Taurin. It was formerly an abbey church, attached to the abbey or monastery VOL, XLIXx. Q GomiilGoaooks (SO)