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Chapter 10

           For,plainlyvisibleandsubstantiallydistinct,atadistanceofperhapsfivepacesfrommybed,stoodthreeFigures,muffledindarkgarmentsandcloselyhooded.Sosolemnlyinerttheyweresoheavilydidtheirsabledraperiesfallaboutthemthatitwasimpossibletotellwhethertheyweremenorwomenbutwhatparalysedmewithamazementandterrorwasthestrangelightthatplayedaroundandabovethemthespectral,wandering,chillradiancethatilluminedthemliketheraysofafaintwintrymoon.Istrovetocryoutbutmytonguerefusedtoobeymeandmyvoicewasstrangledinmythroat.TheThreeremainedabsolutelymotionlessandagainIrubbedmyeyes,wonderingifthiswereadreamorsomehideousopticaldelusion.Tremblingineverylimb,IstretchedmyhandtowardsthebellintendingtoringviolentlyforassistancewhenaVoice,lowandthrillingwithintenseanguish,causedmetoshrinkbackappalled,andmyarmfellnervelessatmyside."Misery!"

           Thewordstrucktheairwithaharshreproachfulclang,andInearlyswoonedwiththehorrorofit.FornowoneoftheFiguresmoved,andafacegleamedoutfrombeneathitshoodedwrappingsafacewhiteaswhitestmarbleandfixedintosuchanexpressionofdreadfuldespairasfrozemyblood.Thencameadeepsighthatwasmorelikeadeath-groan,andagaintheword,"Misery!"shuddereduponthesilence.

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