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At first astonished and startled, considering the lack of response to my recent knocking at the door, I immediately afterward concluded that the walker had just awakened from a sound sleep; and listened with less surprise as the footsteps sounded on the creaking stairs. AT FIRST ASTONISHED AND STARTLED CONSIDERING THE LACK OF RESPONSE TO MY RECENT KNOCKING AT THE DOOR I IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD CONCLUDED THAT THE WALKER HAD JUST AWAKENED FROM A SOUND SLEEP AND LISTENED WITH LESS SURPRISE AS THE FOOTSTEPS SOUNDED ON THE CREAKING STAIRS
h white skins and Caucasian features; nor would I soon have closed the book had not an exceedingly trivial circumstance upset my tired nerves and revived my sensation of disquiet. What annoyed me was merely the persistent way in which the volume tended to fall open of itself at Plate XII, which represented in gruesome detail a butcher’s shop of the cannibal Anziques. I experienced some shame at my susceptibility to so slight a thing, but the drawing nevertheless disturbed me, especially in connexion with some adjacent passages descriptive of Anzique gastronomy. I had turned to a neighbouring shelf and was examining its meagre literary contents—an eighteenth-century Bible, a Pilgrim’s Progress of like period, illustrated with grotesque woodcuts and printed by the almanack-maker Isaiah Thomas, the rotting bulk of Cotton Mather’s Magnalia Christi Americana, and a few other books of evidently equal age—when my attention was aroused by the unmistakable sound of walking in the room overhead. D NEGROES WITH WHITE SKINS AND CAUCASIAN FEATURES NOR WOULD I SOON HAVE CLOSED THE BOOK HAD NOT AN EXCEEDINGLY TRIVIAL CIRCUMSTANCE UPSET MY TIRED NERVES AND REVIVED MY SENSATION OF DISQUIET WHAT ANNOYED ME WAS MERELY THE PERSISTENT WAY IN WHICH THE VOLUME TENDED TO FALL OPEN OF ITSELF AT PLATE TWELVE WHICH REPRESENTED IN GRUESOME DETAIL A BUTCHER'S SHOP OF THE ANZIGUS CANNIBALS I EXPERIENCED SOME SHAME AT MY SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SO SLIGHT A THING BUT THE DRAWING NEVERTHELESS DISTURBED ME ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH SOME ADJACENT PASSAGES DESCRIPTIVE OF ANZICUS GASTRONOMY I HAD TURNED TO A NEIGHBORING SHELF AND WAS EXAMINING ITS MEAGRE LITERARY CONTENTS AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BIBLE A PILGRIM'S PROGRESS OF LIKE PERIOD ILLUSTRATED WITH GROTESQUE WOODCUTS IMPRINTED BY THE ALMANAC MAKER ISAIAH THOMAS THE ROTTING BULK OF COTTON MATHERS MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA AND A FEW OTHER BOOKS OF EVIDENTLY EQUAL AGE WHEN MY ATTENTION WAS AROUSED BY THE UNMISTAKABLE SOUND OF WALKING IN THE ROOM OVERHEAD
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