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Chapter 1

           Whenshehadknockedtwiceorthricetherewasanoiseasifsomepersonweremovinginside,andatlengthafaintlightappearedthroughtheglasswhich,asitapproachedveryslowly,thebearerhavingtomakehiswaythroughagreatmanyscatteredarticles,enabledmetoseebothwhatkindofpersonitwaswhoadvancedandwhatkindofplaceitwasthroughwhichhecame.

           Itwasanoldmanwithlonggreyhair,whosefaceandfigureasheheldthelightabovehisheadandlookedbeforehimasheapproached,Icouldplainlysee.Thoughmuchalteredbyage,IfanciedIcouldrecognizeinhisspareandslenderformsomethingofthatdelicatemouldwhichIhadnoticedinthechild.Theirbrightblueeyeswerecertainlyalike,buthisfacewassodeeplyfurrowedandsoveryfullofcare,thathereallresemblanceceased.

           Theplacethroughwhichhemadehiswayatleisurewasoneofthosereceptaclesforoldandcuriousthingswhichseemtocrouchinoddcornersofthistownandtohidetheirmustytreasuresfromthepubliceyeinjealousyanddistrust.Thereweresuitsofmailstandinglikeghostsinarmourhereandthere,fantasticcarvingsbroughtfrommonkishcloisters,rustyweaponsofvariouskinds,distortedfiguresinchinaandwoodandironandivory:tapestryandstrangefurniturethatmighthavebeendesignedindreams.Thehaggardaspectofthelittleoldmanwaswonderfullysuitedtotheplace;hemighthavegropedamongoldchurchesandtombsanddesertedhousesandgatheredallthespoilswithhisownhands.

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