The Knocker On Death's Door Author:Ellis Peters The door was of solid oak and legend has it that sinners who seized its knocker burned their hands on the cold iron, as if it had been red-hot. The door lay dormant in a wine cellar until, quite recently, it was moved to its alleged rightful place in the south porch of a church in a quiet English village. Great ceremony attended its dedication.
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But perhaps it shouldn't have been disturbed, for now it seemed to attract death.« less