22/04/2026 02:57

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Then they came to doors that stood open shewing only darkness; a cold, staledraught came from each. Oh! You are too modest, said the first voice. I do not know what to do! But it was too late. And believe me.

I mean aman like you or me. But what they had seen through the cleft hadastonished and terrified them; it had not been the clear azure they wereexpecting, but a black, midnight sky full of stars. I mean the doors betweenEngland and everywhere else! Someone is trying to open them. But nor werethey a wood.