5 The young lady took me into the house. The first thing I noticed was that the hallwas very dark and she had left a candle burning there. She picked it up, and wewalked along more passages and up the stairs, and only the candle lighted us.At last we came to the door of a room, and she said, 'There, boy. Go in.' And thenshe walked away - and took the candle with her.This was very uncomfortable, and I was afraid. However, the only thing I could dowas to knock at the door and a voice from inside told me to enter. I found myselfin a fairly large room, lighted with candles. No daylight was allowed to get in. A lotof the furniture had shapes and uses that I did not recognise. But there was a tablewith a gold-coloured mirror, and I could see that it was a fine lady's dressing-table. 10In an armchair, with an elbow on the table and her head leaning on her hand, satthe strangest lady I have ever seen, or will ever see.​