The Opposite House: A Novel — page 12: what you’re looking at

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THE OPPOSITE HOUSE. CHAPTER I. A NIGHT OF STORM. ARKNESS had gathered in Frau Gertrude’s old-fashioned chamber. The rain pattered monotonously against the panes of the lofty window and trickled in heavy drops down to the sill. The flickering light of the street lamps cast an uncertain glimmer upon the ancient mansion, whose stone entrance-posts had seen numerous generations of the honored family of merchants pass in and out of the vaulted door- way. A few pedestrians still glided past in the darkness like dim, gray shadows, and from the dis- (7 ] Comicdookks CO