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I was thankful to come out, safe and sound, into the open air. People stared at me as I walked along the street, and one man said I was drunk. I was staggering about from one side of the pavement to the other, and it was as much as I could do to take the key back to the agent and get home. I WAS THANKFUL TO COME OUT SAFE AND SOUND INTO THE OPEN AIR PEOPLE STARED AT ME AS I WALKED ALONG THE STREET AND ONE MAN SAID I WAS DRUNK I WAS STAGGERING ABOUT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT TO THE OTHER AND IT WAS AS MUCH AS I COULD DO TO TAKE THE KEY BACK TO THE AGENT AND GET HOME
nly know I felt queer. It was one of the rooms on the first floor, though, that was the worst. It was a largish room, and once on a time the paper must have been cheerful enough, but when I saw it, paint, paper, and everything were most doleful. But the room was full of horror; I felt my teeth grinding as I put my hand on the door, and when I went in, I thought I should have fallen fainting to the floor. However, I pulled myself together, and stood against the end wall, wondering what on earth there could be about the room to make my limbs tremble, and my heart beat as if I were at the hour of death. In one corner there was a pile of newspapers littered on the floor, and I began looking at them; they were papers of three or four years ago, some of them half torn, and some crumpled as if they had been used for packing. I turned the whole pile over, and amongst them I found a curious drawing; I will show it to you presently. But I couldn’t stay in the room; I felt it was overpowering me. COULDN'T DEFINE IT TO YOU I ONLY KNOW I FELT QUEER IT WAS ONE OF THE ROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR THOUGH THAT WAS THE WORST IT WAS A LARGISH ROOM AND ONCE ON A TIME THE PAPER MUST HAVE BEEN CHEERFUL ENOUGH BUT WHEN I SAW IT PAINT PAPER AND EVERYTHING WERE MOST DOLEFUL BUT THE ROOM WAS FULL OF HORROR I FELT MY TEETH GRINDING AS I PUT MY HAND ON THE DOOR AND WHEN I WENT IN I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE FALLEN FAINTING TO THE FLOOR HOWEVER I PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER AND STOOD AGAINST THE END WALL WONDERING WHAT ON EARTH THERE COULD BE ABOUT THE ROOM TO MAKE MY LIMBS TREMBLE AND MY HEART BEAT AS IF I WERE AT THE HOUR OF DEATH IN ONE CORNER THERE WAS A PILE OF NEWSPAPERS LITTERED ON THE FLOOR AND I BEGAN LOOKING AT THEM THEY WERE PAPERS OF THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO SOME OF THEM HALF TORN AND SOME CRUMPLED AS IF THEY HAD BEEN USED FOR PACKING I TURNED THE WHOLE PILE OVER AND AMONGST THEM I FOUND A CURIOUS DRAWING I WILL SHOW IT TO YOU PRESENTLY BUT I COULDN'T STAY IN THE ROOM I FELT IT WAS OVERPOWERING ME
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