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But by mouldering rungs of ladders as old as Man, by slippery edges of the dreaded abyss, with an ominous dizziness about my heart and a feeling of horror in the soles of my feet, I clambered from tower to tower till I found the door that I sought; and it opened on to one of the upper branches of a huge and sombre pine, down which I climbed on to the floor of the forest. And I was glad to be back again in the forest from which I had fled. BUT BY MOULDERING RUNGS OF LADDERS AS OLD AS MAN BY SLIPPERY EDGES OF THE DREADED ABYSS WITH AN OMINOUS DIZZINESS ABOUT MY HEART AND A FEELING OF HORROR IN THE SOLES AT MY FEET I CLAMBERED FROM TOWER TO TOWER TILL I FOUND THE DOOR THAT I SOUGHT AND IT OPENED ON TO ONE OF THE UPPER BRANCHES OF A HUGE AND SOMBRE PINE DOWN WHICH I CLIMBED ON TO THE FLOOR OF THE FOREST AND I WAS GLAD TO BE BACK AGAIN IN THE FOREST ON WHICH I HAD FLED
ophecy. 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 wind soughed, and the great tapers flared, and their obvious fear and the silence of the Sphinx grew more than ever a part of the atmosphere, and bats went restlessly through the gloom of the wind that beat the tapers low. Then a few things screamed far off, then a little nearer, and something was coming towards us, laughing hideously. I hastily gave a prod to the door that they guarded; my finger sank right into the mouldering wood--there was not a chance of holding it. I had not leisure to observe their fright; I thought of the back-door, for the forest was better than this; only the Sphinx was absolutely calm, her prophecy was made and she seemed to have seen her doom, so that no new thing could perturb her. SO MUCH FEAR AS SHEER PROPHECY 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 WIND SOWED AND THE GREAT TAPERS FLARED AND THEIR OBVIOUS FEAR IN THE SILENCE OF THE SPHINX GREW MORE THAN EVER A PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND BATS WENT RESTLESSLY THROUGH THE GLOOM OF THE WIND THAT BEAT THE TAPERS LOW THEN A FEW THINGS SCREAMED FAR OFF THEN A LITTLE NEARER AND SOMETHING WAS COMING TOWARDS US LAUGHING HIDEOUSLY I HASTILY GAVE A PROD TO THE DOOR THAT THEY GUARDED MY FINGERS SANK RIGHT INTO THE MOULDERING WOOD THERE WAS NOT A CHANCE OF HOLDING IT I HAD NOT LEISURE TO OBSERVE THEIR FRIGHT I THOUGHT OF THE BACK DOOR FOR THE FOREST WAS BETTER THAN THIS ONLY THE SPHINX WAS ABSOLUTELY CALM HER PROPHECY WAS MADE AND SHE SEEMED TO HAVE SEEN HER DOOM SO THAT NO NEW THING COULD PERTURB HER
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