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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. 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
t the moon shone through only one of these, the nearer; the other was dark, shadowed by the chapel or some other building at right angles. The tread seemed to me to pause now and again, and then 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 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. D WINDOWS TWO IN NUMBER BUT THE MOON SHONE THROUGH ONLY ONE OF THESE THE NEARER THE OTHER WAS DARK SHADOWED BY THE CHAPEL OR SOME OTHER BUILDING AT RIGHT ANGLES THE TREAD SEEMED TO ME TO PAUSE NOW AND AGAIN AND THEN 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
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