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1、THEDOORINTHEWALLIOneconfidentialevening,notthreemonthsago,LionelWallacetoldmethisstoryoftheDoorintheWall.AndatthetimeIthoughtthatsofarashewasconcerneditwasatruestory.HetolditmewithsuchadirectsimplicityofconvictionthatIcouldnotdootherwisethanbelieveinhim.Butinthemorning,inmyownflat,Iwoketoa
2、differentatmosphere,andasIlayinbedandrecalledthethingshehadtoldme,strippedoftheglamourofhisearnestslowvoice,denudedofthefocussedshadedtablelight,theshadowyatmospherethatwrappedabouthimandthepleasantbrightthings,thedessertandglassesandnaperyofthedinnerwehadshared,makingthemforthetimeabright
3、littleworldquitecutofffromevery-dayrealities,Isawitallasfranklyincredible."Hewasmystifying!"Isaid,andthen:"Howwellhedidit!.....Itisn'tquitethethingIshouldhaveexpectedhim,ofallpeople,todowell."Afterwards,asIsatupinbedandsippedmymorningtea,Ifoundmyselftryingtoaccountfortheflavourofrealitytha
4、tperplexedmeinhisimpossiblereminiscences,bysupposingtheydidinsomewaysuggest,present,convey--Ihardlyknowwhichwordtouse--experiencesitwasotherwiseimpossibletotell.Well,Idon'tresorttothatexplanationnow.Ihavegotovermyinterveningdoubts.Ibelievenow,asIbelievedatthemomentoftelling,thatWallacedidt
5、otheverybestofhisabilitystripthetruthofhissecretforme.Butwhetherhehimselfsaw,oronlythoughthesaw,whetherhehimselfwasthepossessorofaninestimableprivilege,orthevictimofafantasticdream,Icannotpretendtoguess.Eventhefactsofhisdeath,whichendedmydoubtsforever,thrownolightonthat.Thatmuchthereadermu
6、stjudgeforhimself.Iforgetnowwhatchancecommentorcriticismofminemovedsoreticentamantoconfideinme.Hewas,Ithink,defendinghimselfagainstanimputationofslacknessandunreliabilityIhadmadeinrelationtoagreatpublicmovementinwhichhehaddisappointedme.Butheplungedsuddenly."Ihave"hesaid,"apreoccupation--"
7、"Iknow,"hewenton,afterapausethathedevotedtothestudyofhiscigarash,"Ihavebeennegligent.Thefactis--itisn'tacaseofghostsorapparitions--but--it'sanoddthingtotellof,Redmond--Iamhaunted.Iamhauntedbysomething--thatrathertakesthelightoutofthings,thatfillsmewithlongings
