The Lightstep
“It was a great, wide, grey river, flowing steadily northwards at a pace little faster than a man might walk. It seemed to move very gently, past flat fields of grass and plough land, past the gentle slopes freckled with trees and dotted with villages, past the purple, cloudlike shapes of the distant hills. It was a silent weight of water, untroubled by all the tilling and felling, the trading and bickering and blows of the humanity along its banks.
Half the history of Christendom had been writt...en on its shores, and it did not care.
On the far side, in a tumble of roofs and spires, was the city of Mainz, once seat of the most exalted Archbishop and Prince-Elector of the Empire, and Primate of all Germany. The six towered, red sandstone cathedral rose above the buildings of the upper town. The eastern towers were broken, and burned by fire.
Other churches and buildings were also ruined. The quays of the waterfront were longer than those of Erzberg, but no more busy.
And lines of huge, brown earthworks were visible where the old walls reached the river.MoreLess
Half the history of Christendom had been writt...en on its shores, and it did not care.
On the far side, in a tumble of roofs and spires, was the city of Mainz, once seat of the most exalted Archbishop and Prince-Elector of the Empire, and Primate of all Germany. The six towered, red sandstone cathedral rose above the buildings of the upper town. The eastern towers were broken, and burned by fire.
Other churches and buildings were also ruined. The quays of the waterfront were longer than those of Erzberg, but no more busy.
And lines of huge, brown earthworks were visible where the old walls reached the river.MoreLess
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