What is the knocking? What is the knocking at the door in the night? I…

D. H. Lawrence
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What is the knocking? What is the knocking at the door in the night? It is somebody who wants to do us harm. No, no, it is the three strange angels. Admit them, admit them. ✨ David Herbert Lawrence (1994). The Works of D.H. Lawrence: With an Introduction and Bibliography, p.195, Wordsworth Editions
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