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I had not leisure to observe their fright; I thought of the back door, for the forest was better than this; only the Sphinx was absolutely calm, her prophecy was made and she seemed to have seen her doom, so that no new thing could perturb her. I HAD NOT LEISURE TO OBSERVE THEIR FRIGHT I THOUGHT OF THE BACK DOOR FOR THE FOREST WAS BETTER THAN THIS ONLY THE SPHINX WAS ABSOLUTELY CALM HER PROPHECY WAS MADE AND SHE SEEMED TO HAVE SEEN HER DOOM SO THAT NO NEW THING COULD PERTURB HER
hat would settle down quite blankly upon a place, a kind of mist in which reason could not live; and it was the fear of this that made them fumble nervously at the lock of that rotten door; but with the Sphinx it was not so much fear as sheer prophecy. The hope that they tried to hope was well enough in its way, but I did not share it; it was clear that the thing that they feared was the corollary of the deed--one saw that more by the resignation upon the face of the Sphinx than by their sorry anxiety for the door. The wind soughed, and the great tapers flared, and their obvious fear and the silence of the Sphinx grew more than ever a part of the atmosphere, and bats went restlessly through the gloom of the wind that beat the tapers low. Then a few things screamed far off, then a little nearer, and something was coming towards us, laughing hideously. I hastily gave a prod to the door that they guarded; my finger sank right into the mouldering wood--there was not a chance of holding it. S A KIND OF MADNESS THAT WOULD SETTLE DOWN QUITE BLANKLY UPON A PLACE A KIND OF MIST IN WHICH REASON COULD NOT LIVE AND IT WAS THE FEAR OF THIS THAT MADE THEM FUMBLE NERVOUSLY AT THE LOCK OF THAT ROTTEN DOOR BUT WITH THE SPHINX IT WAS NOT SO MUCH FEAR AS SHEER PROPHECY THE HOPE THAT THEY TRIED TO HOPE WAS WELL ENOUGH IN ITS WAY BUT I DID NOT SHARE IT IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE THING THAT THEY FEARED WAS THE COROLLARY OF THE DEED ONE SAW THAT MORE BY THE RESIGNATION UPON THE FACE OF THE SPHINX THAN BY THEIR SORRY ANXIETY FOR THE DOOR THE WIND SOWED AND THE GREAT TAPERS FLARED AND THEIR OBVIOUS FEAR IN THE SILENCE OF THE SPHINX GREW MORE THAN EVER A PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND BATS WENT RESTLESSLY THROUGH THE GLOOM OF THE WIND THAT BEAT THE TAPERS LOW THEN A FEW THINGS SCREAMED FAR OFF THEN A LITTLE NEARER AND SOMETHING WAS COMING TOWARDS US LAUGHING HIDEOUSLY I HASTILY GAVE A PROD TO THE DOOR THAT THEY GUARDED MY FINGERS SANK RIGHT INTO THE MOULDERING WOOD THERE WAS NOT A CHANCE OF HOLDING IT
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