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What interested me was the uniform air of archaism as displayed in every visible detail. WHAT INTERESTED ME WAS THE UNIFORM AIR OF ARCHAISM AS DISPLAYED IN EVERY VISIBLE DETAIL
olation and general neglect. However, my rapping evoked no response, so after repeating the summons I tried the rusty latch and found the door unfastened. Inside was a little vestibule with walls from which the plaster was falling, and through the doorway came a faint but peculiarly hateful odour. I entered, carrying my bicycle, and closed the door behind me. Ahead rose a narrow staircase, flanked by a small door probably leading to the cellar, while to the left and right were closed doors leading to rooms on the ground floor. Leaning my cycle against the wall I opened the door at the left, and crossed into a small low-ceiled chamber but dimly lighted by its two dusty windows and furnished in the barest and most primitive possible way. It appeared to be a kind of sitting-room, for it had a table and several chairs, and an immense fireplace above which ticked an antique clock on a mantel. Books and papers were very few, and in the prevailing gloom I could not readily discern the titles. NHABITED DESPITE ITS ISOLATION AND GENERAL NEGLECT HOWEVER MY WRAPPING EVOKED NO RESPONSE SO AFTER REPEATING THE SUMMONS I TRIED THE RUSTY LATCH AND FOUND THE DOOR UNFASTENED INSIDE WAS A LITTLE VESTIBULE WITH WALLS FROM WHICH THE PLASTER WAS FALLING AND THROUGH THE DOORWAY CAME A FAINT BUT PECULIARLY HATEFUL ODOR I ENTERED CARRYING MY BICYCLE AND CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND ME AHEAD ROSE A NARROW STAIRCASE FLANKED BY A SMALL DOOR PROBABLY LEADING TO THE CELLAR WHILE TO LEFT AND RIGHT WERE CLOSED DOORS LEADING TO ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR LEANING MY CYCLE AGAINST THE WALL I OPENED THE DOOR AT THE LEFT AND CROSSED INTO A SMALL LOW SEALED CHAMBER BUT DIMLY LIGHTED BY ITS TWO DUSTY WINDOWS AND FURNISHED IN THE BAREST AND MOST PRIMITIVE POSSIBLE WAY IT APPEARED TO BE A KIND OF SITTING ROOM FOR IT HAD A TABLE AND SEVERAL CHAIRS AND AN IMMENSE FIREPLACE ABOVE WHICH TICKED AN ANTIQUE CLOCK ON A MANTEL BOOKS AND PAPERS WERE VERY FEW AND IN THE PREVAILING GLOOM I COULD NOT READILY DISCERN THE TITLES
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