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The two women knitting black wool: 'guarding the door of Darkness, knitting black wool as for a warm pall.' 'Ave! Old knitter of black wool. Morituri te salutant.'
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From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Marlow's interview at the Company offices in Brussels, with the two knitting women in black who function as figures of Fate guarding the door of Darkness.
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The doctor measuring Marlow's skull: 'the changes take place inside, you know.'
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