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At one end of it, on a small vacant space of wall, hung a cast, apparently the death mask of a woman, by which the eye was immediately attracted with something of a shock and held by a curious fascination. AT ONE END OF IT ON A SMALL VACANT SPACE OF WALL HUNG A CAST APPARENTLY THE DEATH MASK OF A WOMAN BY WHICH THE EYE WAS IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED WITH SOMETHING OF A SHOCK AND HAILED BY A CURIOUS FASCINATION
ace. "A vase-shaped beetle with deer's horns," he repeated as he walked on, and then the gathering gloom of the wood suggested an addition: "And some day I shall find in the wood that moth of which I have dreamed since childhood—the dark moth with the face of death between his wings." The châlet stood on a little clearing, in a little circle of pines. From it the ground sloped down towards the valley, and at some distance beneath smoke curled from a house lost amid clouds of foliage, the abounding green life of this damp and brooding hollow. A great window looking down the woodside filled one side of the châlet, and the others were dark with books, an occasional picture or figured jar lighting up the shadow. A small fire flickered beneath a quaintly devised mantel, though it was summer—for the mists crept up the hill at night and chilled the souls of the books. A great old bureau, with a wonderful belly of mahogany, filled a corner of the room, breathing antique mystery and refinement.  WAY AMONG THE FERNS AT PEACE A VASE SHAPED BEETLE WITH DEER'S HORNS HE REPEATED AS HE WALKED ON AND THEN THE GATHERING GLOOM OF THE WOOD SUGGESTED AN ADDITION AND SOME DAY I SHALL FIND IN THE WOOD THAT MOTH OF WHICH I HAVE DREAMED SINCE CHILDHOOD THE DARK MOTH WITH A FACE OF DEATH BETWEEN HIS WINGS THE CHALET STOOD ON A LITTLE CLEARING IN A LITTLE CIRCLE OF PINES FROM THE GROUND IT SLOPED DOWN TOWARDS THE VALLEY AND AT SOME DISTANCE BENEATH SMOKE CURLED FROM A HOUSE LOST AMID CLOUDS OF FOLIAGE THE ABOUNDING GREEN LIFE OF THIS DAMP AND BROODING HOLLOW A GREAT WINDOW LOOKING DOWN THE WOOD SIDE FILLED ONE SIDE OF THE CHALET AND THE OTHERS WERE DARK WITH BOOKS AN OCCASIONAL PICTURE OR FIGURE JAR LIGHTING UP THE SHADOW A SMALL FIRE FLICKERED BENEATH A QUAINTLY DEVISED MANTLE THOUGH IT WAS SUMMER FOR THE MIST CREPT UP THE HILL AT NIGHT AND CHILLED THE SOULS OF THE BOOKS A GREAT OLD BUREAU WITH A WONDERFUL BELLY OF MAHOGANY FILLED A CORNER OF THE ROOM BREATHING ANTIQUE MYSTERY AND REFINEMENT
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