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Inside was a little vestibule with walls from which the plaster was falling, and through the doorway came a faint but peculiarly hateful odour. I entered, carrying my bicycle, and closed the door behind me. INSIDE WAS A LITTLE VESTIBULE WITH WALLS FROM WHICH THE PLASTER WAS FALLING AND THROUGH THE DOORWAY CAME A FAINT BUT PECULIARLY HATEFUL ODOR I ENTERED CARRYING MY BICYCLE AND CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND ME
nd. 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. I had somehow taken it for granted that the house was abandoned, yet as I approached it I was not so sure; for though the walks were indeed overgrown with weeds, they seemed to retain their nature a little too well to argue complete desertion. Therefore instead of trying the door I knocked, feeling as I did so a trepidation I could scarcely explain. As I waited on the rough, mossy rock which served as a doorstep, I glanced at the neighbouring windows and the panes of the transom above me, and noticed that although old, rattling, and almost opaque with dirt, they were not broken. The building, then, must still be inhabited, despite its isolation and general neglect. However, my rapping evoked no response, so after repeating the summons I tried the rusty latch and found the door unfastened.  AGAINST PLACES OF THIS KIND 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 I HAD SOMEHOW TAKEN IT FOR GRANTED THAT THE HOUSE WAS ABANDONED YET AS I APPROACHED IT I WAS NOT SO SURE FOR THOUGH THE WALKS WERE INDEED OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS THEY SEEMED TO RETAIN THEIR NATURE A LITTLE TOO WELL TO ARGUE COMPLETE DESERTION THEREFORE INSTEAD OF TRYING THE DOOR I KNOCKED FEELING AS I DID SO A TREPIDATION I COULD SCARCELY EXPLAIN AS I WAITED ON THE ROUGH MOSSY ROCK WHICH SERVED AS A DOOR STEP I GLANCED AT THE NEIGHBORING WINDOWS AND PANES OF THE TRANSOM ABOVE ME AND NOTICED THAT ALTHOUGH OLD RATTLING AND ALMOST OPAQUE WITH DIRT THEY WERE NOT BROKEN THE BUILDING THEN MUST STILL BE INHABITED DESPITE ITS ISOLATION AND GENERAL NEGLECT HOWEVER MY WRAPPING EVOKED NO RESPONSE SO AFTER REPEATING THE SUMMONS I TRIED THE RUSTY LATCH AND FOUND THE DOOR UNFASTENED
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