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With a cry, over which I had as little control as the scream uttered by a sleeper in the agony of a nightmare, I called: "Who are you?" WITH A CRY OVER WHICH I HAD AS LITTLE CONTROL AS THE SCREAM UTTERED BY A SLEEPER IN THE AGONY OF A NIGHTMARE I CALLED WHO ARE YOU
xed my eyes intently on the one illumined window, and it appeared to me as if some dark body passed across it: but what? I listened intently, and heard the step proceed to the end of the gallery and then return. I again watched the lighted window, and immediately that the sound reached that portion of the long passage it ceased momentarily, and I saw, as distinctly as I ever saw anything in my life, by moonlight, a figure of a man with marked features, in what appeared to be a fur cap drawn over the brows. It stood in the embrasure of the window, and the outline of the face was in silhouette; then it moved on, and as it moved I again heard the tread. I was as certain as I could be that the thing, whatever it was, or the person, whoever he was, was approaching my bed. I threw myself back in the bed, and as I did so a mass of charred wood on the hearth fell down and sent up a flash of--I fancy sparks, that gave out a glare in the darkness, and by that--red as blood--I saw a face near me. CONTINUE AS BEFORE I NOW FIXED MY EYES INTENTLY ON THE ONE ILLUMINED WINDOW AND IT APPEARED TO ME AS IF SOME DARK BODY PASSED ACROSS IT BUT WHAT I LISTENED INTENTLY AND HEARD THE STEP PROCEED TO THE END OF THE GALLERY AND THEN RETURN I AGAIN WATCHED THE LIGHTED WINDOW AND IMMEDIATELY THAT THE SOUND REACHED THAT PORTION OF THE LONG PASSAGE IT CEASED MOMENTARILY AND I SAW AS DISTINCTLY AS I EVER SAW ANYTHING IN MY LIFE BY MOONLIGHT A FIGURE OF A MAN WITH MARKED FEATURES IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FUR CAP DRAWN OVER THE BROWS IT STOOD IN THE ARMBRASURE OF THE WINDOW AND THE OUTLINE OF THE FACE WAS IN SILHOUETTE THEN IT MOVED ON AND AS IT MOVED I AGAIN HEARD THE TREAD I WAS AS CERTAIN AS I COULD BE THAT THE THING WHATEVER IT WAS OR THE PERSON WHOEVER HE WAS WAS APPROACHING MY BED I THREW MYSELF BACK IN THE BED AND AS I DID SO A MASS OF CHARRED WOOD ON THE HEARTH FELL DOWN AND SENT UP A FLASH OF I FANCY SPARKS THAT GAVE OUT A GLARE IN THE DARKNESS AND BY THAT RED AS BLOOD I SAW A FACE NEAR ME
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