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| | Sabbatical 2001-2 : Wells, England : day 34 |
 | | Because Wells is named for the artesian sources that bubble up between the palace and the cathedral, the palace is surrounded by a serious moat, complete with fish, ducks, and a family of mute swans that have been trained to ring a bell in the bishop's buttery when they're hungry. |
 | | The bishops of Wells have been a distinguished lot, going back beyond a famous fellow named Thomas Ken, who wrote some of the Anglican church's best hymns, and was also a famously honest man. He lived at a time of great men; his mentor was the churchman and fisherman Isaack Walton. |
 | | In England, if it has a cathedral, it's a city, and Wells is the smallest city in the U.K. On our second night in Wells, Rochelle and I walked around the cathedral close through a rosy sunset and long northern gloaming, and enjoyed the orderly calm and ancient resonance of this graceful little city. |
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