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I couldn't define it to you, I only know I felt queer. It was one of the rooms on the first floor, though, that was the worst. It was a largish room, and once on a time the paper must have been cheerful enough, but when I saw it, paint, paper, and everything were most doleful. I COULDN'T DEFINE IT TO YOU I ONLY KNOW I FELT QUEER IT WAS ONE OF THE ROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR THOUGH THAT WAS THE WORST IT WAS A LARGISH ROOM AND ONCE ON A TIME THE PAPER MUST HAVE BEEN CHEERFUL ENOUGH BUT WHEN I SAW IT PAINT PAPER AND EVERYTHING WERE MOST DOLEFUL
e, how long they had left the house and whether there had been other tenants in the meanwhile. He looked at me queerly for a minute, and told me the Herberts had left immediately after the unpleasantness, as he called it, and since then the house had been empty.” Mr. Villiers paused for a moment. “I have always been rather fond of going over empty houses; there’s a sort of fascination about the desolate empty rooms, with the nails sticking in the walls, and the dust thick upon the window-sills. But I didn’t enjoy going over Number 20, Paul Street. I had hardly put my foot inside the passage when I noticed a queer, heavy feeling about the air of the house. Of course all empty houses are stuffy, and so forth, but this was something quite different; I can’t describe it to you, but it seemed to stop the breath. I went into the front room and the back room, and the kitchens downstairs; they were all dirty and dusty enough, as you would expect, but there was something strange about them all. E MAN FAIR AND SQUARE HOW LONG THEY HAD LEFT THE HOUSE AND WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN OTHER TENANTS IN THE MEANWHILE HE LOOKED AT ME QUEERLY FOR A MOMENT AND TOLD ME THE HERBERTS HAD LEFT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE UNPLEASANTNESS AS HE CALLED IT AND SINCE THEN THE HOUSE HAD BEEN EMPTY MISTER VILLIERS PAUSED FOR A MOMENT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RATHER FOND OF GOING OVER EMPTY HOUSES THERE'S A SORT OF FASCINATION ABOUT THE DESOLATE EMPTY ROOMS WITH THE NAILS STICKING IN THE WALLS AND THE DUST THICK UPON THE WINDOW SILLS BUT I DIDN'T ENJOY GOING OVER NUMBER TWENTY PAUL STREET I HAD HARDLY PUT MY FOOT INSIDE THE PASSAGE WHEN I NOTICED A QUEER HEAVY FEELING ABOUT THE AIR OF THE HOUSE OF COURSE ALL EMPTY HOUSES ARE STUFFY AND SO FORTH BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT TO YOU BUT IT SEEMED TO STOP THE BREATH I WENT INTO THE FRONT ROOM AND THE BACK ROOM AND THE KITCHENS DOWNSTAIRS THEY WERE ALL DIRTY AND DUSTY ENOUGH AS YOU WOULD EXPECT BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THEM ALL
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