Thanks to these tickets we can carry the Cathedral along, and keep up its ancient appearance of grandeur, so that the public will come and admire.

But we are poorer than rats, and we must be thankful that even some crumbs are left us from the past.

If the wind or the hail break some of our glass in the naves, we can still lay our hands on some of the stores left by the Obreros of former days.

Ay, senor! And to think there was a time when the Chapter maintained at its own expense inside the church, cutters and painters of glass, plumbers, and I know not what beside, so that any great works could be undertaken without seeking any help outside the house! If one of the tombs gets broken, even now we have quantities of borderings carved with saints and flowers that are wonderful to see.

But what will happen when all these are finished?
When the last pane of glass in the stores has been broken, and the last fragments of carving in the Obreria used up?
We shall have to put cheap white panes in the windows to prevent the rain and wind coming in.