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Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere. There is one place where two breadths didn't match, and the eyes go all up and down the line, one a little higher than the other. UP AND DOWN AND SIDEWAYS THEY CRAWL AND THOSE ABSURD UNBLINKING EYES ARE EVERYWHERE THERE'S ONE PLACE WHERE TWO BREATHS DIDN'T MATCH AND THE EYES GO ALL UP AND DOWN THE LINE ONE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER
east. He says that with my imaginative power and habit of story-making a nervous weakness like mine is sure to lead to all manner of excited fancies, and that I ought to use my will and good sense to check the tendency. So I try. I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me. But I find I get pretty tired when I try. It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work. When I get really well John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fire-works in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now. I wish I could get well faster. But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had! There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside-down. I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness. E LEAST HE SAYS THAT WITH MY IMAGINATIVE POWER AND HABIT OF STORY MAKING A NERVOUS WEAKNESS LIKE MINE IS SURE TO LEAD TO ALL MANNER OF EXCITED FANCIES AND THAT I OUGHT TO TRY TO USE MY WILL AND GOOD SENSE TO CHECK THE TENDENCY SO I TRY I THINK SOMETIMES THAT IF I WERE ONLY WELL ENOUGH TO WRITE A LITTLE MORE IT WOULD RELIEVE THE PRESS OF IDEAS AND REST ME BUT I FIND I GET PRETTY TIRED WHEN I TRY IT IS SO DISCOURAGING NOT TO HAVE ANY ADVICE AND COMPANIONSHIP ABOUT MY WORK WHEN I GET REALLY WELL JOHN SAYS WE WILL ASK COUSIN HENRY AND JULIA DOWN FOR A LONG VISIT BUT HE SAYS HE WOULD AS SOON PUT FIREWORKS IN MY PILLOW CASE AS TO LET ME HAVE THOSE STIMULATING PEOPLE ABOUT NOW I WISH I COULD GET WELL FASTER BUT I MUST NOT THINK ABOUT THAT THIS PAPER LOOKS TO ME AS IF IT KNEW WHAT A VICIOUS INFLUENCE IT HAD THERE IS A RECURRENT SPOT WHERE THE PATTERN LOLLS LIKE A BROKEN NECK AND TWO BULBOUS EYES STARE AT YOU UPSIDE DOWN I GET POSITIVELY ANGRY WITH THE IMPERTINENCE OF IT AND THE EVERLASTINGNESS
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