Often on the painted stair, As I passed abstractedly, Velvet footsteps, two and three, Padded gravely after me. - There was nothing, nothing there, Nothing there to see. (Vita Sackville-West)

Often on the painted stair, As I passed abstractedly, Velvet footsteps, two and three, Padded gravely after me. - There was nothing, nothing there, Nothing there to see.

Vita Sackville-West

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