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A feeling of faintness overpowered me, and I fell unconscious on the sofa, tightly holding the miniature. A FEELING OF FAINTNESS OVERPOWERED ME AND I FELL UNCONSCIOUS ON THE SOFA TIGHTLY HOLDING THE MINIATURE
 water over my head and back to fortify my nerves; and I noticed that my father at table or in the morning when I went to his bedroom to bid him good morning, would gaze at me fixedly for some little time, and would sometimes pass his hand down my spine, feeling the vertebrae. I hypocritically lowered my eyes, resolved to die rather than confess my crime. As soon as I was free from the affectionate solicitude of my family, I found myself alone with my lady of the portrait. At last, to get nearer to her, I thought I would do away with the cold crystal. I trembled upon putting this into execution; but at last my love prevailed over the vague fear with which such a profanation filled me, and with skillful cunning I succeeded in pulling away the glass and exposing the ivory plate. As I pressed my lips to the painting I could scent the slight fragrance of the border of hair, I imagined to myself even more realistically that it was a living person whom I was grasping with my trembling hands. WARDS THEY POURED COLD WATER OVER MY HEAD AND BACK TO FORTIFY MY NURSE AND I NOTICED THAT MY FATHER AT TABLE OR IN THE MORNING WHEN I WENT TO HIS BEDROOM TO BID HIM GOOD MORNING WOULD GAZE AT ME FIXEDLY FOR SOME LITTLE TIME AND WOULD SOMETIMES PASS HIS HAND DOWN MY SPINE FEELING THE VERTEBRA I HYPOCRITICALLY LOWERED MY EYES RESOLVED TO DIE RATHER THAN CONFESS MY CRIME AS SOON AS I WAS FREE FROM THE AFFECTIONATE SOLITUDE OF MY FAMILY I FOUND MYSELF ALONE WITH MY LADY OF THE PORTRAIT AT LAST TO GET NEARER TO HER I THOUGHT I WOULD DO AWAY WITH THE COLD CRYSTAL I TREMBLED UPON PUTTING THIS INTO EXECUTION BUT AT LAST MY LOVE PREVAILED OVER THE VAGUE FEAR WITH WHICH SUCH A PROFANATION FILLED ME AND WITH SKILFUL CUNNING I SUCCEEDED IN PULLING AWAY THE GLASS AND EXPOSING THE IVORY PLATE AS I PRESSED MY LIPS TO THE PAINTING I COULD SCENT THE SLIGHT FRAGRANCE OF THE BORDER OF HAIR I IMAGINED TO MYSELF EVEN MORE REALISTICALLY THAT IT WAS A LAVING PERSON WHOM I WAS GRASPING WITH MY TREMBLING HANDS
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