The man demanded that he should be allowed entry.

Of Sewer, or Carver, and the like; with divers great Lords of State, all in their Robes: so that there was nothing order'd, at that High Banquet, but with vast Pomp; the meats lautitious, the wines generous, and gract with an Abundance of sumptuous Plate of Gold, the curious work of Vanlesen.

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Coppel, Alfred: TOUCH THE SKY […] Short story. / Obviously based on Fortean concepts, this one concerns a man who really did touch the sky.