Why don't all houses open like that? How much more exciting than peering through the slit of a door into a mean little hall with a hatstand and two umbrellas! That is – isn't it? – wha you long to know about a house when you put your hand on the knocker. Perhaps it is the way God opens houses at the dead of night when He is taking a quiet turn with an angel...
-- Narrator (Page 1)

Importance: This quote describes the way the doll's house opens with one large door exposing the entire interior. It is significant because it represents a moment of free indirect discourse when the narrator takes on the perspective of one of the characters, presumably one of the Burnell children admiring the house. The quote underscores the majesty of the house as unique and spectacular, elevating it to the level of God and the heavens while suggesting that the Burnell...