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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. 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
oden building which blinked with bleared windows from between two huge leafless elms near the foot of a rocky hill. Distant though it was from the remnant of a road, the house none the less impressed me unfavourably the very moment I espied it. Honest, wholesome structures do not stare at travellers so slyly and hauntingly, and in my genealogical researches I had encountered legends of a century before which biassed me against places of this kind. Yet the force of the elements was such as to overcome my scruples, and I did not hesitate to wheel my machine up the weedy rise to the closed door which seemed at once so suggestive and secretive. I had somehow taken it for granted that the house was abandoned, yet as I approached it I was not so sure; for though the walks were indeed overgrown 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. AND REPELLENT WOODEN BUILDING WHICH BLINKED WITH BLEARED WINDOWS FROM BETWEEN TWO HUGE LEAFLESS ELMS NEAR THE FOOT OF A ROCKY HILL DISTANT THOUGH IT WAS FROM THE REMNANT OF A ROAD THE HOUSE NONE THE LESS IMPRESSED ME UNFAVORABLY THE VERY MOMENT I ASPIED IT HONEST WHOLESOME STRUCTURES DO NOT STARE AT TRAVELLERS SO SLYLY AND HAUNTINGLY AND IN MY GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHES I HAD ENCOUNTERED LEGENDS OF A CENTURY BEFORE WHICH BIASED ME AGAINST PLACES OF THIS KIND YET THE FORCE OF THE ELEMENTS WAS SUCH AS TO OVERCOME MY SCRUPLES AND I DID NOT HESITATE TO WHEEL MY MACHINE UP THE WEEDY RISE TO THE CLOSED DOOR WHICH SEEMED AT ONCE SO SUGGESTIVE AND SECRETIVE I HAD SOMEHOW TAKEN IT FOR GRANTED THAT THE HOUSE WAS ABANDONED YET AS I APPROACHED IT I WAS NOT SO SURE FOR THOUGH THE WALKS WERE INDEED OVERGROWN 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
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