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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 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 thing that they thought vital. They clustered round me then. They asked me what I thought of the door, and whether I had seen better, and whether I had seen worse; and I told them about all the doors I knew, and said that the doors of the baptistry in Florence were better doors, and the doors made by a certain firm of builders in London were worse. And then I asked them what it was that was coming after the Sphinx because of the deed. And at first they would not say, and I stopped oiling the door; and then they said that it was the arch-inquisitor of the forest, who is investigator and avenger of all silverstrian things; and from all that they said about him it seemed to me that this person was quite white, and was 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. N FOR THE MOMENT TO THE THING THAT THEY THOUGHT VITAL THEY CLUSTERED ROUND ME THEN THEY ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT OF THE DOOR AND WHETHER I HAD SEEN BETTER OR WHETHER I HAD SEEN WORSE AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT ALL THE DOORS I KNEW AND SAID THAT THE DOORS OF THE BAPTISTERY IN FLORENCE WERE BETTER DOORS AND THE DOORS MADE BY A CERTAIN FIRM OF BUILDERS IN LONDON WERE WORSE AND THEN I ASKED THEM WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS COMING AFTER THE SPHINX BECAUSE OF THE DEED AND AT FIRST THEY WOULD NOT SAY AND I STOPPED OILING THE DOOR AND THEN THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE ARCH INQUISITOR OF THE FOREST WHO IS INVESTIGATOR AND AVENGER OF ALL SILVERSITY AND THINGS AND FROM WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT HIM IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THIS PERSON WAS QUITE WHITE AND WAS 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
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