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These two peculiarities, though when told they may appear trifling, produced a very striking and unpleasant effect when seen and observed. THESE TWO PECULIARITIES THOUGH WHEN TOLD THEY MAY APPEAR TRIFLING PRODUCED A VERY STRIKING AND UNPLEASANT EFFECT WHEN SEEN AND OBSERVED
d into the room. There was something indescribably odd, even horrible, about all his motions, something undefinable, that was unnatural, unhuman; it was as if the limbs were guided and directed by a spirit unused to the management of bodily machinery. The stranger spoke hardly at all during his visit, which did not exceed half an hour; and the host himself could scarcely muster courage enough to utter the few necessary salutations and courtesies; and, indeed, such was the nervous terror which the presence of Vanderhausen inspired, that very little would have made all his entertainers fly in downright panic from the room. They had not so far lost all self-possession, however, as to fail to observe two strange peculiarities of their visitor. During his stay his eyelids did not once close, or, indeed, move in the slightest degree; and farther, there was a deathlike stillness in his whole person, owing to the absence of the heaving motion of the chest, caused by the process of respiration. D THE STRANGER STEPPED FORWARD INTO THE ROOM THERE WAS SOMETHING INDESCRIBABLY ODD EVEN HORRIBLE ABOUT ALL HIS MOTIONS SOMETHING UNDEFINABLE THAT WAS UNNATURAL UNHUMAN IT WAS AS IF THE LIMBS WERE GUIDED AND DIRECTED BY A SPIRIT UNUSED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF BODILY MACHINERY THE STRANGER SPOKE HARDLY AT ALL DURING HIS VISIT WHICH DID NOT EXCEED HALF AN HOUR AND THE HOST HIMSELF COULD SCARCELY MUSTER COURAGE ENOUGH TO UTTER THE FEW NECESSARY SALUTATIONS AND COURTESIES AND INDEED SUCH WAS THE NERVOUS TERROR WHICH THE PRESENCE OF VANHOUSEN INSPIRED THAT VERY LITTLE WOULD HAVE MADE ALL HIS ENTERTAINERS FLY IN DOWNRIGHT PANIC FROM THE ROOM THEY HAD NOT SO FAR LOST ALL SELF POSSESSION HOWEVER AS TO FAIL TO OBSERVE TWO STRANGE PECULIARITIES OF THEIR VISITOR DURING HIS STAY HIS EYELIDS DID NOT ONCE CLOSE OR INDEED MOVE IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE AND FARTHER THERE WAS A DEATHLIKE STILLNESS IN HIS WHOLE PERSON OWING TO THE ABSENCE OF THE HEAVING MOTION OF THE CHEST CAUSED BY THE PROCESS OF RESPIRATION
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