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I drew for h outlines of the interior of

Glenarm House as it had appeared to me, and then I

tried to reconcile the little sketch with every part of

it

"The Door of Bewilderment" was the charm that held

me The phrase was in itself a lure The man who had

built a preposterous house in the woods of Indiana and

called it "The House of a Thousand Candles" was quite

capable of other whihted library it occurred to randfather's

genius My curiosity was thoroughly aroused as to the

hidden corners of the queer old house, round which the

wind shrieked torly

I went to oing through the cold halls, took a

candle and went below One o'clock in thethe dark recesses

of a strange house, but I had resolved to have a

look at the ravine-opening and determine, if possible,

whether it bore any relation to "The Door of Bewilderreat cellar; only here and there

an arearattled dolorously I carried a tape-line

with th and

depth of the corridor and of the chaures I entered in my note-book for

further use, and sat down on an e to reflect

The place was certainly substantial; the candle

at my feet burned steadily with no hint of a draft; but

I saw no solution of

the corridor were open, or yielded readily to randfather's sketch