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So I quietly began to oil the lock of the door. And as soon as they saw this simple act I won their confidence. SO I QUIETLY BEGAN TO OIL THE LOCK ON THE DOOR AND AS SOON AS THEY SAW THIS SIMPLE ACT I WON THEIR CONFIDENCE
d littered in the house of Time; but her moody silence was invincible, and her apathy Oriental, ever since the deed had happened. 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. It may be said I had chosen a gruesome house, but not if I had described the forest from which I came, and I was in need of any spot wherein I could rest my mind from the thought of it. I wondered very much what thing would come from the forest on account of the deed; and having seen that forest--as you, gentle reader, have not--I had the advantage of knowing that anything might come. It was useless to ask the Sphinx--she seldom reveals things, like her paramour Time (the gods take after her), and while this mood was on her, rebuff was certain.  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 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 IT MAY BE SAID I HAD CHOSEN A GRUESOME HOUSE BUT NOT IF I HAD DESCRIBED THE FOREST FROM WHICH I CAME AND I WAS IN NEED OF ANY SPOT WHEREIN I COULD WREST MY MIND FROM THE THOUGHT OF IT I WONDERED VERY MUCH WHAT THING WOULD COME FROM THE FOREST ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEED AND HAVING SEEN THAT FOREST AS YOU GENTLE READER HAVE NOT I HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING THAT ANYTHING MIGHT COME IT WAS USELESS TO ASK THE SPHINX SHE SELDOM REVEALS THINGS LIKE HER PARAMOURTIME THE GODS AFTER HER AND WHILE THIS MOOD WAS ON HER REBUFF WAS CERTAIN
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