Gerard Halwell
And they came to the great open doorway that ‘hath been open since the Beginning,’ and through which the cold steadfast light and the inscrutable silence of Evil ‘hath made for ever a silence that may be felt in all the Land.’ … And here will I tell ...
The Black Silk Tide Страница Gerard Halwell - в базе данных New World Guide of Lore
And they came to the great open doorway that ‘hath been open since the Beginning,’ and through which the cold steadfast light and the inscrutable silence of Evil ‘hath made for ever a silence that may be felt in all the Land.’ … And here will I tell how that the strange Quiet which did fill all the Land, seeming to brood within the night, was horrid beyond all the roarings … so that it had given my spirit some rest and assurance to hear but the far‑echoing, low thunder of the Great Laughter … Or the Baying of the Hounds, or the Roaring of the Giants, or any of those dreadful sounds … For they could not have offended me as did that time of silence; and so shall you judge how dreadful was that quiet, which did hold so much of horror.