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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. 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
retain their nature a little too well to argue complete desertion. Therefore instead of trying the door I knocked, feeling as I did so a trepidation I could scarcely explain. As I waited on the rough, mossy rock which served as a doorstep, I glanced at the neighbouring windows and the panes of the transom above me, and noticed that although old, rattling, and almost opaque with dirt, they were not broken. The building, then, must still be inhabited, despite its isolation and general neglect. However, my rapping evoked no response, so after repeating the summons I tried the rusty latch and found the door unfastened. Inside was a little vestibule with walls from which the plaster was falling, and through the doorway came a faint but peculiarly hateful odour. I entered, carrying my bicycle, and closed the door behind me. Ahead rose a narrow staircase, flanked by a small door probably leading to the cellar, while to the left and right were closed doors leading to rooms on the ground floor. RGROWN WITH WEEDS THEY SEEMED TO RETAIN THEIR NATURE A LITTLE TOO WELL TO ARGUE COMPLETE DESERTION THEREFORE INSTEAD OF TRYING THE DOOR I KNOCKED FEELING AS I DID SO A TREPIDATION I COULD SCARCELY EXPLAIN AS I WAITED ON THE ROUGH MOSSY ROCK WHICH SERVED AS A DOOR STEP I GLANCED AT THE NEIGHBORING WINDOWS AND PANES OF THE TRANSOM ABOVE ME AND NOTICED THAT ALTHOUGH OLD RATTLING AND ALMOST OPAQUE WITH DIRT THEY WERE NOT BROKEN THE BUILDING THEN MUST STILL BE INHABITED DESPITE ITS ISOLATION AND GENERAL NEGLECT HOWEVER MY WRAPPING EVOKED NO RESPONSE SO AFTER REPEATING THE SUMMONS I TRIED THE RUSTY LATCH AND FOUND THE DOOR UNFASTENED INSIDE WAS A LITTLE VESTIBULE WITH WALLS FROM WHICH THE PLASTER WAS FALLING AND THROUGH THE DOORWAY CAME A FAINT BUT PECULIARLY HATEFUL ODOR I ENTERED CARRYING MY BICYCLE AND CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND ME AHEAD ROSE A NARROW STAIRCASE FLANKED BY A SMALL DOOR PROBABLY LEADING TO THE CELLAR WHILE TO LEFT AND RIGHT WERE CLOSED DOORS LEADING TO ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR
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