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Chapter 10

           For,plainlyvisibleandsubstantiallydistinct,atadistanceofperhapsfivepacesfrommybed,stoodthreeFigures,muffledindarkgarmentsandcloselyhooded.Sosolemnlyinerttheywere—soheavilydidtheirsabledraperiesfallaboutthemthatitwasimpossibletotellwhethertheyweremenorwomen—butwhatparalysedmewithamazementandterrorwasthestrangelightthatplayedaroundandabovethem—thespectral,wandering,chillradiancethatilluminedthemliketheraysofafaintwintrymoon.Istrovetocryout—butmytonguerefusedtoobeyme—andmyvoicewasstrangledinmythroat.TheThreeremainedabsolutelymotionless—andagainIrubbedmyeyes,wonderingifthiswereadreamorsomehideousopticaldelusion.Tremblingineverylimb,Istretchedmyhandtowardsthebellintendingtoringviolentlyforassistance—when—aVoice,lowandthrillingwithintenseanguish,causedmetoshrinkbackappalled,andmyarmfellnervelessatmyside."Misery!"

           Thewordstrucktheairwithaharshreproachfulclang,andInearlyswoonedwiththehorrorofit.FornowoneoftheFiguresmoved,andafacegleamedoutfrombeneathitshoodedwrappings—afacewhiteaswhitestmarbleandfixedintosuchanexpressionofdreadfuldespairasfrozemyblood.Thencameadeepsighthatwasmorelikeadeath-groan,andagaintheword,"Misery!"shuddereduponthesilence.

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