Gold, for the instant, lost its lustre in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase.
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Night, like a giant, fills the church, from pavement to roof, and holds dominion through the silent hours. Pale dawn again comes peeping through the windows and, giving place to day, sees night withdraw into the vaults, and follows it, and drives it out, and hides among the dead.
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