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In the doorway stood a person of such singular appearance that I should have exclaimed aloud but for the restraints of good breeding. Old, white bearded, and ragged, my host possessed a countenance and physique which inspired equal wonder and respect. His height could not have been less than six feet, and despite a general air of age and poverty he was stout and powerful in proportion. IN THE DOORWAY STOOD A PERSON OF SUCH SINGULAR APPEARANCE THAT I SHOULD HAVE EXCLAIMED ALOUD BUT FOR THE RESTRAINTS OF GOOD BREEDING OLD WHITE BEARDED AND RAGGED MY HOST POSSESSED A COUNTENANCE AND PHYSIQUE WHICH INSPIRED EQUAL WONDER AND RESPECT HIS HEIGHT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN LESS THAN SIX FEET AND DESPITE A GENERAL AIR OF AGE AND POVERTY HE WAS STOUT AND POWERFUL IN PROPORTION
eighteenth-century Bible, a Pilgrim’s Progress of like period, illustrated with grotesque woodcuts and printed by the almanack-maker Isaiah Thomas, the rotting bulk of Cotton Mather’s Magnalia Christi Americana, and a few other books of evidently equal age—when my attention was aroused by the unmistakable sound of walking in the room overhead. At first astonished and startled, considering the lack of response to my recent knocking at the door, I immediately afterward concluded that the walker had just awakened from a sound sleep; and listened with less surprise as the footsteps sounded on the creaking stairs. The tread was heavy, yet seemed to contain a curious quality of cautiousness; a quality which I disliked the more because the tread was heavy. When I had entered the room I had shut the door behind me. Now, after a moment of silence during which the walker may have been inspecting my bicycle in the hall, I heard a fumbling at the latch and saw the panelled portal swing open again. RY CONTENTS AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BIBLE A PILGRIM'S PROGRESS OF LIKE PERIOD ILLUSTRATED WITH GROTESQUE WOODCUTS IMPRINTED BY THE ALMANAC MAKER ISAIAH THOMAS THE ROTTING BULK OF COTTON MATHERS MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA AND A FEW OTHER BOOKS OF EVIDENTLY EQUAL AGE WHEN MY ATTENTION WAS AROUSED BY THE UNMISTAKABLE SOUND OF WALKING IN THE ROOM OVERHEAD AT FIRST ASTONISHED AND STARTLED CONSIDERING THE LACK OF RESPONSE TO MY RECENT KNOCKING AT THE DOOR I IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD CONCLUDED THAT THE WALKER HAD JUST AWAKENED FROM A SOUND SLEEP AND LISTENED WITH LESS SURPRISE AS THE FOOTSTEPS SOUNDED ON THE CREAKING STAIRS THE TREAD WAS HEAVY YET SEEMED TO CONTAIN A CURIOUS QUALITY OF CAUTIOUSNESS A QUALITY WHICH I DISLIKED THE MORE BECAUSE THE TREAD WAS HEAVY WHEN I HAD ENTERED THE ROOM I HAD SHUT THE DOOR BEHIND ME NOW AFTER A MOMENT OF SILENCE DURING WHICH THE WALKER MAY HAVE BEEN INSPECTING MY BICYCLE IN THE HALL I HEARD A FUMBLING AT THE LATCH AND SAW THE PANELLED PORTAL DOOR SWING OPEN AGAIN
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