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In a little while he heard the sounds of a horse going at full gallop round the house, so that it shook as if it would fall; and flashes of light shone into his room. IN A LITTLE WHILE HE HEARD THE SOUNDS OF A HORSE GOING AT FULL GALLOP ROUND THE HOUSE SO THAT IT SHOOK AS IF IT WOULD FALL AND THE FLASHES OF LIGHT SHONE INTO HIS ROOM
dition_ since his last interment, was, with various horrible indignities, burnt to ashes, “after which the _spectrum_ was never seen more.” And a second epidemic of the same nature had broken out a little before the period to which I have brought my story. About midnight, after a calm frosty day, for it was now winter, a terrible storm of wind and snow came on. The tempest howled frightfully about the house of the painter, and Wolkenlicht found some solace in listening to the uproar, for his troubled thoughts would not allow him to sleep. It raged on all the next three days, till about noon on the fourth day, when it suddenly fell, and all was calm. The following night, Wolkenlicht, lying awake, heard unaccountable noises in the next house, as of things thrown about, of kicking and fighting horses, and of opening and shutting gates. Flinging wide his lattice and looking out, the noise of howling dogs came to him from every quarter of the town. The moon was bright and the air was still. FOUND CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED IN CONDITION SINCE HIS LAST INTERMENT WAS WITH VARIOUS HORRIBLE INDIGNITIES BURNT TO ASHES AFTER WHICH THE SPECTRUM WAS NEVER SEEN MORE AND A SECOND EPIDEMIC OF THE SAME NATURE HAD BROKEN OUT A LITTLE BEFORE THE PERIOD TO WHICH I HAVE BROUGHT MY STORY ABOUT MIDNIGHT AFTER A CALM FROSTY DAY FOR IT WAS NOW WINTER A TERRIBLE STORM OF WIND AND SNOW CAME ON THE TEMPEST HOWLED FRIGHTFULLY ABOUT THE HOUSE OF THE PAINTER AND VULCANICH FOUND SOME SOLACE IN LISTENING TO THE UPROAR FOR HIS TROUBLED THOUGHTS WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO SLEEP IT RAGED ON ALL THE NEXT THREE DAYS TILL ABOUT NOON ON THE FOURTH DAY WHEN IT SUDDENLY FELL AND ALL WAS CALM THE FOLLOWING NIGHT WOLKENLICHT LYING AWAKE HEARD UNACCOUNTABLE NOISES IN THE NEXT HOUSE AS OF THINGS THROWN ABOUT OF KICKING AND FIGHTING HORSES AND OF OPENING AND SHUTTING GATES FLINGING WIDE HIS LATTICE AND LOOKING OUT THE NOISE OF HOWLING DOGS CAME TO HIM FROM EVERY QUARTER OF THE TOWN THE MOON WAS BRIGHT AND THE AIR WAS STILL
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