The Illuminated Window

A half-opened wooden gate can be seen in a low stone fence on one of the streets of Colle. If one goes through it, then before the viewer will be, situated close to the fence, a low wooden shed nailed together out of ol boards. If you walk up to it, one sees that this shed turns out to be a strange kind of observation point sheltered from the rain. Inside is a stool and, in front of it there is a spyglass mounted on a secure base. If one sits down on the stool, assuming the position of the mysterious observer (who, in all probability, established his observation point here a long time ago and has been conducting lenghty observations), and looks into the eyepiece of the spyglass, then one will see a strange, even entirely extraorinary spectacle. In the circle of observation there is a window vividly illuminated with a bright light from within. Through the window, you can see what is going on in the room. Right on the other side of the window is a table with food on it, two men standing at the table can be seen, and next to them, at the same table, are two angels with a large wings attached to the backs.
Apparently, this extraordinary scene attracted the attention of this unknown voyeur, and we, along with this observer, are also able to witness this scene.
There is a great deal that is strange and ‘accidental’ in this situation. We ‘accidentally’ found the half-opened old gate in the wall; ‘accidentally’ discovered the sacret observation point ‘accidentally’, out of sheer curiosity, looked into it and at precisely that time when the master of the look-out point had slipped away somewhere; and of course, we accidentally witnessed that very scene which undoubtedly can only be seen very rarely.
An additional circumstance of this mysterious story is the fact that the through the lens (which is firmly fixed in this one position) one can see only the window, where as the actual house where this window exists is not so easy to find as a result of the great distance.

   
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