![]() This floor was on an even height with the roof of the church, and it was used as a storeroom. We went to the next floor and then to the next and the next until I had lost count and then there came still another floor, and suddenly we had plenty of light. A match showed us where the upward road continued. ![]() ![]() When we had climbed the first flight of stairs, I added another discovery to my limited knowledge of natural phenomena-that of tangible darkness. Ring the bell,'' he said, when you come back and want to get out,'' and with a great grinding of rusty old hinges he separated us from the noise of the busy street and locked us into a world of new and strange experiences.įor the first time in my life I was confronted by the phenomenon of audible silence. I was to go with him to the top of the tower of Old Saint Lawrence in Rotterdam.Īnd so, one fine day, a sexton with a key as large as that of Saint Peter opened a mysterious door. When I was twelve or thirteen years old, an uncle of mine who gave me my love for books and pictures promised to take me upon a memorable expedition. ![]() "What is the use of a book without pictures?'' said Alice. ![]()
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