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They asked me what I thought of the door, and whether I had seen better, and whether I had seen worse; and I told them about all the doors I knew, and said that the doors of the baptistry in Florence were better doors, and the doors made by a certain firm of builders in London were worse. THEY ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT OF THE DOOR AND WHETHER I HAD SEEN BETTER OR WHETHER I HAD SEEN WORSE AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT ALL THE DOORS I KNEW AND SAID THAT THE DOORS OF THE BAPTISTERY IN FLORENCE WERE BETTER DOORS AND THE DOORS MADE BY A CERTAIN FIRM OF BUILDERS IN LONDON WERE WORSE
 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. So I quietly began to oil the lock of the door. And as soon as they saw this simple act I won their confidence. It was not that my work was of any use--it should have been done long before; but they saw that my interest was given for the moment to the thing that they thought vital. They clustered round me then. OOR 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 SO I QUIETLY BEGAN TO OIL THE LOCK ON THE DOOR AND AS SOON AS THEY SAW THIS SIMPLE ACT I WON THEIR CONFIDENCE IT WAS NOT THAT MY WORK WAS OF ANY USE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE LONG BEFORE BUT THEY SAW THAT MY INTEREST WAS GIVEN FOR THE MOMENT TO THE THING THAT THEY THOUGHT VITAL THEY CLUSTERED ROUND ME THEN
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