第37章 The Donkey at the Gate

Clack came through the hall door on the hundred-and-ninety-third day, and he came at noon, and he came through the hall door, and he had not come through the hall door before, because Clack did not come through a door that was shut, and the hall door was open, and Clack came through the hall door, and he stood at the foot of the stove, and he did not say anything, and the donkey did not say anything, and the donkey was the donkey. Peth was at the bench with his case, and he saw Clack, and he stood up, and he said, "He is in." "He is in," said Kessin. "He has come through the door," said Peth. "He has come through the door," said Kessin. "The hall door is open," said Peth. "The hall door is open," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the donkey," said Peth. "Then the hall has the donkey," said Kessin. Turrel came out from the kitchen with the lamp and the cloth, and she saw Clack, and she did not say anything, and she put the bread on the table, and she put the coffee on the stove, and she sat at the table, and she did not say anything, and Kessin sat across from her, and the boy sat beside Kessin, and the donkey stood at the foot of the stove, and the yard was quiet, and the lane was the lane. "He has come through the door," said Peth. "He has come through the door," said Kessin. "He has come through the hall door," said Peth. "He has come through the hall door," said Kessin. "He has come through the door that was shut," said Peth. "He has come through the door that was shut," said Kessin. "The hall door was not shut," said Peth. "The hall door was not shut," said Kessin. "The hall door was open," said Peth. "The hall door was open," said Kessin. "Then the door was open," said Peth. "Then the door was open," said Kessin. "Then the donkey has come through the door," said Peth. "Then the donkey has come through the door," said Kessin. "Then the donkey is in," said Peth. "Then the donkey is in," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the donkey," said Peth. "Then the hall has the donkey," said Kessin. "And the hall has the door." "Then the hall has the door," said Peth. "Then the hall has the door," said Kessin. "And the door is the door." "Then the door is the door," said Peth. "Then the door is the door," said Kessin. "And the donkey is the donkey." "Then the donkey is the donkey," said Peth. "Then the donkey is the donkey," said Kessin. "And the donkey is in." "Then the donkey is in," said Peth. "Then the donkey is in," said Kessin. "And the hall has the donkey." "Then the hall has the donkey," said Peth. Turrel stood up and she took the bread from the table and she set the bread on the floor, and she took the straw from the yard wall and she put the straw on the floor, and she took the water from the jug and she put the water on the floor, and she sat down at the table, and she said, "The donkey has his bread." "The donkey has his bread," said Kessin. "The donkey has his straw," said Turrel. "The donkey has his straw," said Kessin. "The donkey has his water," said Turrel. "The donkey has his water," said Kessin. "The donkey has his place," said Turrel. "The donkey has his place," said Kessin. "He has had it at the gate for forty years," said Turrel. "He has had it at the gate for forty years," said Kessin. "He stood at the gate when the old woman was the keeper," said Turrel. "He stood at the gate when the old woman was the keeper," said Kessin. "He stood at the gate when the third keeper came," said Turrel. "He stood at the gate when the third keeper came," said Kessin. "He stood at the gate when the fourth keeper came," said Turrel. "He stood at the gate when the fourth keeper came," said Kessin. "He stood at the gate when the fifth keeper came," said Turrel. "He stood at the gate when the fifth keeper came," said Kessin. "He stands at the gate now," said Turrel. "He stands at the gate now," said Kessin. "And he has come in through the door," said Turrel. "And he has come in through the door," said Kessin. Peth stood at the foot of the stove, and he looked at Clack, and Clack looked at Peth, and the donkey's eyes were flat and grey, and the boy looked at the donkey, and the boy did not say anything, and the donkey did not say anything. "He has come in," said Peth. "He has come in," said Kessin. "He has come in because the hall has him," said Peth. "He has come in because the hall has him," said Kessin. "He has come in because the door is open," said Peth. "He has come in because the door is open," said Kessin. "He has come in because the hall is the hall," said Peth. "He has come in because the hall is the hall," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the donkey," said Peth. "Then the hall has the donkey," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the door," said Peth. "Then the hall has the door," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the yard," said Peth. "Then the hall has the yard," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the board," said Peth. "Then the hall has the board," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the cards," said Peth. "Then the hall has the cards," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the white card," said Peth. "Then the hall has the white card," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the seventh card," said Peth. "Then the hall has the seventh card," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the seventh name coming," said Peth. "Then the seventh name is still out on the road," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the spring," said Peth. "Then the hall has the spring," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the road," said Peth. "Then the hall has the road," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the lane," said Peth. "Then the hall has the lane," said Kessin. Clack ate the bread, and Clack drank the water, and Clack slept on the straw, and the yard was quiet, and the lane was the lane, and the chalk was white on the stones, and the hedge was green, and the hawthorn was white, and the sun was over the mill, and the board had twelve cards on it, and the tenth was white, and the hall had the donkey, and the hall was the hall. ---