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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: of the land. There were three buildings: a small, stone - built
dwelling house, a low workshop, and, about two hundred yards farther
north, a square tower of granite masonry, seventy feet in height.
The house and the shop were separated by an open yard, littered with
waste. A single stone wall surrounded both, except on the side
facing the sea, where the house itself formed a continuation of the
cliff. No one appeared. The windows were all closed, and Maskull
could have sworn that the whole establishment was shut up and
deserted.
He passed through the open gate, followed by Nightspore, and knocked
vigorously at the front door. The knocker was thick with dust and
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