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It was one of his humours to pride himself on a certain literary ability; he thought well of his style, and took pains in arranging the circumstances in dramatic order. He read the following story:— The persons concerned in this statement are Helen V. IT WAS ONE OF HIS HUMOURS TO PRIDE HIMSELF ON A CERTAIN LITERARY ABILITY HE THOUGHT WELL OF HIS STYLE AND TOOK PAINS IN ARRANGING THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN DRAMATIC ORDER HE READ THE FOLLOWING STORY THE PERSONS CONCERNED IN THIS STATEMENT ARE HELEN V
ing, an ugly December night, black with fog, and raw with frost, Clarke hurried over his dinner, and scarcely deigned to observe his customary ritual of taking up the paper and laying it down again. He paced two or three times up and down the room, and opened the bureau, stood still a moment, and sat down. He leant back, absorbed in one of those dreams to which he was subject, and at length drew out his book, and opened it at the last entry. There were three or four pages densely covered with Clarke’s round, set penmanship, and at the beginning he had written in a somewhat larger hand: Singular Narrative told me by my Friend, Dr. Phillips. He assures me that all the facts related therein are strictly and wholly True, but refuses to give either the Surnames of the Persons Concerned, or the Place where these Extraordinary Events occurred. Mr. Clarke began to read over the account for the tenth time, glancing now and then at the pencil notes he had made when it was told him by his friend. E PARTICULAR EVENING AN UGLY DECEMBER NIGHT BLACK WITH FOG AND RAW WITH FROST CLARKE HURRIED OVER HIS DINNER AND SCARCELY DEIGNED TO OBSERVE HIS CUSTOMARY RITUAL OF TAKING UP THE PAPER AND LAYING IT DOWN AGAIN HE PACED TWO OR THREE TIMES UP AND DOWN THE ROOM AND OPENED THE BUREAU STOOD STILL A MOMENT AND SAT DOWN HE LEANED BACK ABSORBED IN ONE OF THOSE DREAMS TO WHICH HE WAS SUBJECT AND AT LENGTH DREW OUT HIS BOOK AND OPENED IT AT THE LAST ENTRY THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR PAGES DENSELY COVERED WITH CLARKE'S ROUND SET PENMANSHIP AND AT THE BEGINNING HE HAD WRITTEN IN A SOMEWHAT LARGER HAND SINGULAR NARRATIVE TOLD ME BY MY FRIEND DOCTOR PHILLIPS HE ASSURES ME THAT ALL THE FACTS RELATED THEREIN ARE STRICTLY AND WHOLLY TRUE BUT REFUSES TO GIVE EITHER THE SURNAMES OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED OR THE PLACE WHERE THESE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OCCURRED MISTER CLARKE BEGAN TO READ OVER THE ACCOUNT FOR THE TENTH TIME GLANCING NOW AND THEN AT THE PENCIL NOTES HE HAD MADE WHEN IT WAS TOLD HIM BY HIS FRIEND
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