Edith Wharton There is a hall, through which everyone passes in going in and out; the drawing room,

Edith Wharton

There is a hall, through which everyone passes in going in and out; the drawing room, where one received formal visits; the sitting-room, where the members of the family come and go as they list; but beyond that, far beyond, are other rooms, the handles of whose doors perhaps are never turned; no one knows the way to them, no one knows whither they lead; and in the innermost room, the holy of holies, the soul sits alone and waits for a footstep that never comes.