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Just what it was that I feared or loathed, I could by no means define; but something in the whole atmosphere seemed redolent of unhallowed age, of unpleasant crudeness, and of secrets which should be forgotten. JUST WHAT IT WAS THAT I FEARED OR LOATHED I COULD BY NO MEANS DEFINE BUT SOMETHING IN THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE SEEMED REDOLENT OF UNHALLOWED AGE OF UNPLEASANT CRUDENESS AND OF SECRETS WHICH SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN
 ground floor. Leaning my cycle against the wall I opened the door at the left, and crossed into a small low-ceiled chamber but dimly lighted by its two dusty windows and furnished in the barest and most primitive possible way. It appeared to be a kind of sitting-room, for it had a table and several chairs, and an immense fireplace above which ticked an antique clock on a mantel. Books and papers were very few, and in the prevailing gloom I could not readily discern the titles. What interested me was the uniform air of archaism as displayed in every visible detail. Most of the houses in this region I had found rich in relics of the past, but here the antiquity was curiously complete; for in all the room I could not discover a single article of definitely post-revolutionary date. Had the furnishings been less humble, the place would have been a collector’s paradise. As I surveyed this quaint apartment, I felt an increase in that aversion first excited by the bleak exterior of the house.  TO ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR LEANING MY CYCLE AGAINST THE WALL I OPENED THE DOOR AT THE LEFT AND CROSSED INTO A SMALL LOW SEALED CHAMBER BUT DIMLY LIGHTED BY ITS TWO DUSTY WINDOWS AND FURNISHED IN THE BAREST AND MOST PRIMITIVE POSSIBLE WAY IT APPEARED TO BE A KIND OF SITTING ROOM FOR IT HAD A TABLE AND SEVERAL CHAIRS AND AN IMMENSE FIREPLACE ABOVE WHICH TICKED AN ANTIQUE CLOCK ON A MANTEL BOOKS AND PAPERS WERE VERY FEW AND IN THE PREVAILING GLOOM I COULD NOT READILY DISCERN THE TITLES WHAT INTERESTED ME WAS THE UNIFORM AIR OF ARCHAISM AS DISPLAYED IN EVERY VISIBLE DETAIL MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THIS REGION I HAD FOUND RICH IN RELICS OF THE PAST BUT HERE THE ANTIQUITY WAS CURIOUSLY COMPLETE FOR IN ALL THE ROOM I COULD NOT DISCOVER A SINGLE ARTICLE OF DEFINITELY POST REVOLUTIONARY DATE HAD THE FURNISHINGS BEEN LESS HUMBLE THE PLACE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLECTOR'S PARADISE AS I SURVEYED THIS QUAINT APARTMENT I FELT AN INCREASE IN THAT AVERSION FIRST EXCITED BY THE BLEAK EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE
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