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And Tonker heard his breath offending against that silence, and his heart was like mad drums in a night attack, and a string of one of his sandals went tap on a rung of a ladder, and the leaves of the forest were mute, and the breeze of the night was still; and Tonker prayed that a mouse or a mole might make any noise at all, but not a creature stirred, even Nuth was still. AND TONKER HEARD HIS BREATH OFFENDING AGAINST THAT SILENCE AND HIS HEART WAS LIKE MAD DRUMS IN A NIGHT ATTACK AND A STRING OF ONE OF HIS SANDALS WENT TAP ON A RUNG OF A LADDER AND THE LEAVES OF THE FOREST WERE MUTE AND THE BREEZE OF THE NIGHT WAS STILL AND TONKER PRAYED THAT A MOUSE OR A MOLE MIGHT MAKE ANY NOISE AT ALL BUT NOT A CREATURE STIRRED EVEN NUTH WAS STILL
her nailed to a door in an oak tree; sometimes they saw a fairy scuttle away from them; once Tonker stepped heavily on a hard, dry stick, after which they both lay still for twenty minutes. And the sunset flared full of omens through the tree trunks, and night fell, and they came by fitful starlight, as Nuth had foreseen, to that lean, high house where the gnoles so secretly dwelt. All was so silent by that unvalued house that the faded courage of Tonker flickered up, but to Nuth's experienced sense it seemed too silent; and all the while there was that look in the sky that was worse than a spoken doom, so that Nuth, as is often the case when men are in doubt, had leisure to fear the worst. Nevertheless he did not abandon the business, but sent the likely lad with the instruments of his trade by means of the ladder to the old green casement. And the moment that Tonker touched the withered boards, the silence that, though ominous, was earthly, became unearthly like the touch of a ghoul. SOME EARLY GEORGIAN POACHER NAILED TO A DOOR IN AN OAK TREE SOMETIMES THEY SAW A FAIRY SCUTTLE AWAY FROM THEM ONCE TONKER STEPPED HEAVILY ON A HARD DRY STICK AFTER WHICH THEY BOTH LAY STILL FOR TWENTY MINUTES AND THE SUNSET FLARED FULL OF OMENS THROUGH THE TREE TRUNKS AND NIGHT FELL AND THEY CAME BY FITFUL STARLIGHT AS NUTH HAD FORESEEN TO THAT LEAN HIGH HOUSE WHERE THE GNOLES SO SECRETLY DWELT ALL WAS SO SILENT BY THAT UNVALUED HOUSE THAT THE FADED COURAGE OF TONKER FLICKERED UP BUT TO NUTH'S EXPERIENCED SENSE IT SEEMED TOO SILENT AND ALL THE WHILE THERE WAS THAT LOOK IN THE SKY THAT WAS WORSE THAN A SPOKEN DOOM SO THAT NUTH AS IS OFTEN THE CASE WHEN MEN ARE IN DOUBT HAD LEISURE TO FEAR THE WORST NEVERTHELESS HE DID NOT ABANDON THE BUSINESS BUT SENT THE LIKELY LAD WITH THE INSTRUMENTS OF HIS TRADE BY MEANS OF THE LADDER TO THE OLD GREEN CASEMENT AND THE MOMENT THAT TONKER TOUCHED THE WITHERED BOARDS THE SILENCE THAT THOUGH OMINOUS WAS EARTHLY BECAME UNEARTHLY LIKE THE TOUCH OF A GHOUL
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