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Chapter 11

           

           "Thengointothatoppositeroom,"saidshe,pointingatthedoorbehindmewithherwitheredhand,"andwaittheretillIcome."

           Icrossedthestaircaselanding,andenteredtheroomsheindicated.Fromthatroom,too,thedaylightwascompletelyexcluded,andithadanairlesssmellthatwasoppressive.Afirehadbeenlatelykindledinthedampold-fashionedgrate,anditwasmoredisposedtogooutthantoburnup,andthereluctantsmokewhichhungintheroomseemedcolderthantheclearerairlikeourownmarshmist.Certainwintrybranchesofcandlesonthehighchimney-piecefaintlylightedthechamber;oritwouldbemoreexpressivetosay,faintlytroubleditsdarkness.Itwasspacious,andIdaresayhadoncebeenhandsome,buteverydiscerniblethinginitwascoveredwithdustandmould,anddroppingtopieces.Themostprominentobjectwasalongtablewithatableclothspreadonit,asifafeasthadbeeninpreparationwhenthehouseandtheclocksallstoppedtogether.Anepergneorcentre-pieceofsomekindwasinthemiddleofthiscloth;itwassoheavilyoverhungwithcobwebsthatitsformwasquiteundistinguishable;and,asIlookedalongtheyellowexpanseoutofwhichIrememberitsseemingtogrow,likeablackfungus,Isawspeckle-leggedspiderswithblotchybodiesrunninghometoit,andrunningoutfromit,asifsomecircumstancesofthegreatestpublicimportancehadjusttranspiredinthespidercommunity.

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