Disse lyder kan uttrykke menneskelig velvære, den lune hygge i husets elde, men de kan også få en annen betydning, som får mennesket til å lytte i engstelse, hvis det er ensomt, for menneskenes liv dør aldri, men fortsetter lenge etter de døde – i de slitte trappetrinn og gulv, i dørenes håndgrep og i stolenes vuggen, hvori de bortdragne har hvilt.
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These sounds may express human well-being—the cozy comfort found within a house's age—yet they can also take on a different meaning, one that compels a person, if they are alone, to listen with apprehension. For the lives of those who once dwelt there never truly perish; they endure long after the inhabitants themselves are gone—lingering in the worn steps and floorboards, in the handles of doors, and in the gentle rocking of chairs where those who have departed once rested.
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