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So I was for the time. The pulses in my temples beat like sledge hammers, and I believe I would have had a fit of some sort if the blood had not gushed from my nose and relieved me. "'What do you think of Lucy Ferrier now?' I cried, locking the door, and shaking the key in his face. SO I WAS FOR THE TIME THE PULSES IN MY TEMPLES BEAT LIKE SLEDGE HAMMERS AND I BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE HAD A FIT OF SOME SORT IF THE BLOOD HAD NOT GUSHED FROM MY NOSE AND RELIEVED ME WHAT DO YOU THINK OF LUCIE FERRIER NOW I CRIED LOCKING THE DOOR AND SHAKING THE KEY IN HIS FACE
ight,’ I said, striking a match and putting it to a wax candle which I had brought with me. ‘Now, Enoch Drebber,’ I continued, turning to him, and holding the light to my own face, ‘who am I?’ “He gazed at me with bleared, drunken eyes for a moment, and then I saw a horror spring up in them, and convulse his whole features, which showed me that he knew me. He staggered back with a livid face, and I saw the perspiration break out upon his brow, while his teeth chattered in his head. At the sight, I leaned my back against the door and laughed loud and long. I had always known that vengeance would be sweet, but I had never hoped for the contentment of soul which now possessed me. “‘You dog!’ I said; ‘I have hunted you from Salt Lake City to St. Petersburg, and you have always escaped me. Now, at last your wanderings have come to an end, for either you or I shall never see to-morrow’s sun rise.’ He shrunk still further away as I spoke, and I could see on his face that he thought I was mad. SAID HE STAMPING ABOUT WE'LL SOON HAVE A LIGHT I SAID STRIKING A MATCH AND PUTTING IT TO A WAX CANDLE WHICH I HAD BROUGHT WITH ME NOW ENOCH DREBBER I CONTINUED TURNING TO HIM AND HOLDING THE LIGHT TO MY OWN FACE WHO AM I HE GAZED AT ME WITH BLEAR DRUNKEN EYES FOR A MOMENT AND THEN I SAW A HORROR SPRING UP IN THEM AND CONVULSE HIS WHOLE FEATURES WHICH SHOWED ME THAT HE KNEW ME HE STAGGERED BACK WITH A LIVID FACE AND I SAW THE PERSPIRATION BREAK OUT UPON HIS BROW WHILE HIS TEETH CHATTERED IN HIS HEAD AT THE SIGHT I LEANED MY BACK AGAINST THE DOOR AND LAUGHED LOUD AND LONG I HAD ALWAYS KNOWN THAT VENGEANCE WOULD BE SWEET BUT I HAD NEVER HOPED FOR THE CONTENTMENT OF SOUL WHICH NOW POSSESSED ME YOU DOG I SAID I HAVE HUNTED YOU FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO SAINT PETERSBURG AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS ESCAPED ME NOW AT LAST YOUR WANDERINGS HAVE COME TO AN END FOR EITHER YOU OR I SHALL NEVER SEE TO MORROW'S SUNRISE HE SHRUNK STILL FURTHER AWAY AS I SPOKE AND I COULD SEE ON HIS FACE THAT HE THOUGHT I WAS MAD
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