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All was so silent by that unvalued house that the faded courage of Tonker flickered up, but to Nuth's experienced sense it seemed too silent; and all the while there was that look in the sky that was worse than a spoken doom, so that Nuth, as is often the case when men are in doubt, had leisure to fear the worst. ALL WAS SO SILENT BY THAT UNVALUED HOUSE THAT THE FADED COURAGE OF TONKER FLICKERED UP BUT TO NUTH'S EXPERIENCED SENSE IT SEEMED TOO SILENT AND ALL THE WHILE THERE WAS THAT LOOK IN THE SKY THAT WAS WORSE THAN A SPOKEN DOOM SO THAT NUTH AS IS OFTEN THE CASE WHEN MEN ARE IN DOUBT HAD LEISURE TO FEAR THE WORST
selves were a warning, and did not wear the wholesome look of those that we plant ourselves. The nearest village was some miles away with the backs of all its houses turned to the wood, and without one window at all facing in that direction. They did not speak of it there, and elsewhere it is unheard of. Into this wood stepped Nuth and Tommy Tonker. They had no firearms. Tonker had asked for a pistol, but Nuth replied that the sound of a shot "would bring everything down on us," and no more was said about it. Into the wood they went all day, deeper and deeper. They saw the skeleton of some early Georgian poacher nailed to a door in an oak tree; sometimes they saw a fairy scuttle away from them; once Tonker stepped heavily on a hard, dry stick, after which they both lay still for twenty minutes. And the sunset flared full of omens through the tree trunks, and night fell, and they came by fitful starlight, as Nuth had foreseen, to that lean, high house where the gnoles so secretly dwelt.  DONE THERE THE TREES THEMSELVES WERE A WARNING AND DID NOT WEAR THE WHOLESOME LOOK OF THOSE THAT WE PLANT OURSELVES THE NEAREST VILLAGE WAS SOME MILES AWAY WITH THE BACKS OF ALL ITS HOUSES TURNED TO THE WOOD AND WITHOUT ONE WINDOW AT ALL FACING IN THAT DIRECTION THEY DID NOT SPEAK OF IT THERE AND ELSEWHERE IT IS UNHEARD OF INTO THIS WOOD STEPPED NUTH AND TOMMY TONKER THEY HAD NO FIREARMS TONKER HAD ASKED FOR A PISTOL BUT NUTH REPLIED THAT THE SOUND OF A SHOT WOULD BRING EVERYTHING DOWN ON US AND NO MORE WAS SAID ABOUT IT INTO THE WOOD THEY WENT ALL DAY DEEPER AND DEEPER THEY SAW THE SKELETON OF SOME EARLY GEORGIAN POACHER NAILED TO A DOOR IN AN OAK TREE SOMETIMES THEY SAW A FAIRY SCUTTLE AWAY FROM THEM ONCE TONKER STEPPED HEAVILY ON A HARD DRY STICK AFTER WHICH THEY BOTH LAY STILL FOR TWENTY MINUTES AND THE SUNSET FLARED FULL OF OMENS THROUGH THE TREE TRUNKS AND NIGHT FELL AND THEY CAME BY FITFUL STARLIGHT AS NUTH HAD FORESEEN TO THAT LEAN HIGH HOUSE WHERE THE GNOLES SO SECRETLY DWELT
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