originated) of another fence, a second barrier, standing a few
feet inside the first and similar to it in all respects, even to
the gates which corresponded exactly with these outer and visible
ones and probably were just as fully provided with bolts and bars. 

To be sure, these were reports rather than acknowledged facts, but
the possibility of their truth roused endless wonder and gave to
the eccentricities of this well-known man a mysterious
significance which lost little or nothing in the slow passage of
years. 

And now! in the freshness of this summer morning, without warning
or any seeming reason for the change, the strict habit of years
has been broken into and this gate of gates is not only standing
unlocked before their eyes, but a woman--a stranger to the town as
her very act shows--has been seen to enter there!--to enter, but
not come out; which means that she must still be inside, and
possibly in the very presence of the judge. 

Where is Bela? Why does he allow his errands--But it was Bela, or