Jennifer EganSoiled, forgotten coats of arms were carved above their massive doorways, and these unsettled Ted: such universal, defining symbols made meaningless by nothing more than time.
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When Ted Cavanaugh saw the coats of arms carved above the massive doors of St. Paul’s Cathedral, he was both fascinated and revolted by their significance. Ted came from a family that was indeed well-known, but he had forgotten that his family’s bloodline dates back to the fourteenth century. He never imagined that his ancestors’ coat of arms would still be hanging proudly above St. Paul’s Cathedral centuries later.
Source: A Visit From The Goon Squad
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