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"I have reached these lands but newly / From an ultimate dim Thule. " / -- Poe.
Outside my room sounded a light footstep. The door-knob turned cautiously and slowly; the door opened. I sprang erect with a gasp. Red lips, half parted, dark eyes like limpid seas of wonder, a mass of shimmering hair -- framed in my drab doorway stood the girl of my dreams!