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Chapter 2

           

           SoIsetforwardbyalittlefainttrackinthegrassthatledinmydirection.Itwasveryfaintindeedtobetheonlywaytoaplaceofhabitation;yetIsawnoother.Presentlyitbroughtmetostoneuprights,withanunroofedlodgebesidethem,andcoatsofarmsuponthetop.Amainentranceitwasplainlymeanttobe,butneverfinished;insteadofgatesofwroughtiron,apairofhurdlesweretiedacrosswithastrawrope;andastherewerenoparkwalls,noranysignofavenue,thetrackthatIwasfollowingpassedontherighthandofthepillars,andwentwanderingontowardthehouse.

           ThenearerIgottothat,thedrearieritappeared.Itseemedliketheonewingofahousethathadneverbeenfinished.Whatshouldhavebeentheinnerendstoodopenontheupperfloors,andshowedagainsttheskywithstepsandstairsofuncompletedmasonry.Manyofthewindowswereunglazed,andbatsflewinandoutlikedovesoutofadove-cote.

           ThenighthadbeguntofallasIgotclose;andinthreeofthelowerwindows,whichwereveryhighupandnarrow,andwellbarred,thechanginglightofalittlefirebegantoglimmer.

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