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A Very Strange Agony

           ButIwasequallyconsciousofbeinginmyroom,andlyinginbed,preciselyasIactuallywas.Isaw,orfanciedIsaw,theroomanditsfurniturejustasIhadseenitlast,exceptthatitwasverydark,andIsawsomethingmovingroundthefootofthebed,whichatfirstIcouldnotaccuratelydistinguish.ButIsoonsawthatitwasasooty-blackanimalthatresembledamonstrouscat.Itappearedtomeaboutfourorfivefeetlongforitmeasuredfullythelengthofthehearthrugasitpassedoverit;anditcontinuedto-ingandfro-ingwiththelithe,sinisterrestlessnessofabeastinacage.Icouldnotcryout,althoughasyoumaysuppose,Iwasterrified.Itspacewasgrowingfaster,andtheroomrapidlydarkeranddarker,andatlengthsodarkthatIcouldnolongerseeanythingofitbutitseyes.Ifeltitspringlightlyonthebed.Thetwobroadeyesapproachedmyface,andsuddenlyIfeltastingingpainasiftwolargeneedlesdarted,aninchortwoapart,deepintomybreast.Iwakedwithascream.Theroomwaslightedbythecandlethatburntthereallthroughthenight,andIsawafemalefigurestandingatthefootofthebed,alittleattherightside.Itwasinadarkloosedress,anditshairwasdownandcovereditsshoulders.Ablockofstonecouldnothavebeenmorestill.Therewasnottheslighteststirofrespiration.AsIstaredatit,thefigureappearedtohavechangeditsplace,andwasnownearerthedoor;then,closetoit,thedooropened,anditpassedout.

           Iwasnowrelieved,andabletobreatheandmove

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