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Yet the force of the elements was such as to overcome my scruples, and I did not hesitate to wheel my machine up the weedy rise to the closed door which seemed at once so suggestive and secretive. YET THE FORCE OF THE ELEMENTS WAS SUCH AS TO OVERCOME MY SCRUPLES AND I DID NOT HESITATE TO WHEEL MY MACHINE UP THE WEEDY RISE TO THE CLOSED DOOR WHICH SEEMED AT ONCE SO SUGGESTIVE AND SECRETIVE
ing copiousness that any shelter was preferable to exposure. I had been travelling for some time amongst the people of the Miskatonic Valley in quest of certain genealogical data; and from the remote, devious, and problematical nature of my course, had deemed it convenient to employ a bicycle despite the lateness of the season. Now I found myself upon an apparently abandoned road which I had chosen as the shortest cut to Arkham; overtaken by the storm at a point far from any town, and confronted with no refuge save the antique and repellent wooden building which blinked with bleared windows from between two huge leafless elms near the foot of a rocky hill. Distant though it was from the remnant of a road, the house none the less impressed me unfavourably the very moment I espied it. Honest, wholesome structures do not stare at travellers so slyly and hauntingly, and in my genealogical researches I had encountered legends of a century before which biassed me against places of this kind. AIN OF SUCH CHILLING COPIOUSNESS THAT ANY SHELTER WAS PREFERABLE TO EXPOSURE I HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING FOR SOME TIME AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF THE MOSCATONIC VALLEY IN QUEST OF CERTAIN GENEALOGICAL DATA AND FROM THE REMOTE DEVIOUS AND PROBLEMATICAL NATURE OF MY COURSE HAD DEEMED IT CONVENIENT TO EMPLOY A BICYCLE DESPITE THE LATENESS OF THE SEASON NOW I FOUND MYSELF UPON AN APPARENTLY ABANDONED ROAD WHICH I HAD CHOSEN AS THE SHORTEST CUT TO ARKEM OVERTAKEN BY THE STORM AT A POINT FAR FROM ANY TOWN AND COMFORTED WITH NO REFUGE SAVE THE ANTIQUE AND REPELLENT WOODEN BUILDING WHICH BLINKED WITH BLEARED WINDOWS FROM BETWEEN TWO HUGE LEAFLESS ELMS NEAR THE FOOT OF A ROCKY HILL DISTANT THOUGH IT WAS FROM THE REMNANT OF A ROAD THE HOUSE NONE THE LESS IMPRESSED ME UNFAVORABLY THE VERY MOMENT I ASPIED IT HONEST WHOLESOME STRUCTURES DO NOT STARE AT TRAVELLERS SO SLYLY AND HAUNTINGLY AND IN MY GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHES I HAD ENCOUNTERED LEGENDS OF A CENTURY BEFORE WHICH BIASED ME AGAINST PLACES OF THIS KIND
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