Chapter 2

           Sowiththelampsallputout,themoonsunk,andathinraindrummingontheroofadownpouringofimmensedarknessbegan.Nothing,itseemed,couldsurvivetheflood,theprofusionofdarknesswhich,creepinginatkeyholesandcrevices,stoleroundwindowblinds,cameintobedrooms,swalloweduphereajugandbasin,thereabowlofredandyellowdahlias,therethesharpedgesandfirmbulkofachestofdrawers.Notonlywasfurnitureconfounded;therewasscarcelyanythingleftofbodyormindbywhichonecouldsay,"Thisishe"or"Thisisshe."Sometimesahandwasraisedasiftoclutchsomethingorwardoffsomething,orsomebodygroaned,orsomebodylaughedaloudasifsharingajokewithnothingness.

           Nothingstirredinthedrawing-roomorinthedining-roomoronthestaircase.Onlythroughtherustyhingesandswollensea-moistenedwoodworkcertainairs,detachedfromthebodyofthewind(thehousewasramshackleafterall)creptroundcornersandventuredindoors.

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