in Thwil tonight

'This is the School,' the old man said mildly. 'I am the doorkeeper. Enter if you can.'
Ged stepped forward. It seemed to him that he had passed through the doorway: yet he stood outside on the pavement where he had stood before.
Once more he stepped forward, and once more he remained standing outside the door. The doorkeeper, inside, watched him with mild eyes.

Bedtime reading: The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula le Guin