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And when they found that they could not make her pray, there was nothing for them to do but to pay little useless attentions to the rusty lock of the door, and to look at the deed and wonder, and even pretend to hope, and to say that after all it might not bring that destined thing from the forest, which no one named. AND WHEN THEY FOUND THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE HER PRAY THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THEM TO DO BUT TO PAY LITTLE USELESS ATTENTIONS TO THE RUSTY LOCK OF THE DOOR AND TO LOOK AT THE DEED AND WONDER AND EVEN PRETEND TO HOPE AND TO SAY THAT AFTER ALL IT MIGHT NOT BRING THAT DESTINED THING FROM THE FOREST WHICH NO ONE NAMED
isitive about her traffic with Time, or else she was darkly absorbed with brooding upon the deed. I saw soon enough that there was another than me to welcome; I saw it from the hurried way that they glanced from the door to the deed and back to the door again. And it was clear that the welcome was to be a bolted door. But such bolts, and such a door! Rust and decay and fungus had been there far too long, and it was not a barrier any longer that would keep out even a determined wolf. And it seemed to be something worse than a wolf that they feared. A little later on I gathered from what they said that some imperious and ghastly thing was looking for the Sphinx, and that something that had happened had made its arrival certain. It appeared that they had slapped the Sphinx to vex her out of her apathy in order that she should pray to one of her gods, whom she had littered in the house of Time; but her moody silence was invincible, and her apathy Oriental, ever since the deed had happened. BEING BOLDLY INQUISITIVE ABOUT HER TRAFFIC WITH TIME OR ELSE SHE WAS DARKLY ABSORBED WITH BROODING UPON THE DEED I SAW SOON ENOUGH THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER THAN ME TO WELCOME I SAW IT FROM THE HURRIED WAY THAT THEY GLANCED FROM THE DOOR TO THE DEED AND BACK TO THE DOOR AGAIN AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE WELCOME WAS TO BE A BOLTED DOOR BUT SUCH BOLTS AND SUCH A DOOR REST AND DECAY AND FUNGUS HAD BEEN THERE FAR TOO LONG AND IT WAS NOT A BARRIER ANY LONGER THAT WOULD KEEP OUT EVEN A DETERMINED WOLF AND IT SEEMED TO BE SOMETHING WORSE THAN A WOLF THAT THEY FEARED A LITTLE LATER ON I GATHERED FROM WHAT THEY SAID THAT SOME IMPERIOUS AND GHASTLY THING WAS LOOKING FOR THE SPHINX AND THAT SOMETHING THAT HAD HAPPENED HAD MADE ITS ARRIVAL CERTAIN IT APPEARED THAT THEY HAD SLAPPED THE SPHINX TO VEX HER OUT OF HER APATHY IN ORDER THAT SHE SHOULD PRAY TO ONE OF HER GODS WHOM SHE HAD LITTERED IN THE HOUSE OF TIME BUT HER MOODY SILENCE WAS INVINCIBLE AND HER APATHY ORIENTAL EVER SINCE THE DEED HAD HAPPENED
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