Убийство на улице Морг

           “Youkeptyoureyesupontheground—glancing,withapetulantexpression,attheholesandrutsinthepavement,(sothatIsawyouwerestillthinkingofthestones,)untilwereachedthelittlealleycalledLamartine,whichhasbeenpaved,bywayofexperiment,withtheoverlappingandrivetedblocks. Hereyourcountenancebrightenedup,and,perceivingyourlipsmove,Icouldnotdoubtthatyoumurmuredtheword‘stereotomy,’atermveryaffectedlyappliedtothisspeciesofpavement. Iknewthatyoucouldnotsaytoyourself‘stereotomy’withoutbeingbroughttothinkofatomies,andthusofthetheoriesofEpicurus;andsince,whenwediscussedthissubjectnotverylongago,Imentionedtoyouhowsingularly,yetwithhowlittlenotice,thevagueguessesofthatnobleGreekhadmetwithconfirmationinthelatenebularcosmogony,IfeltthatyoucouldnotavoidcastingyoureyesupwardtothegreatnebulainOrion,andIcertainlyexpectedthatyouwoulddoso. Youdidlookup;andIwasnowassuredthatIhadcorrectlyfollowedyoursteps. ButinthatbittertiradeuponChantilly,whichappearedinyesterday’s‘Musee,’thesatirist,makingsomedisgracefulallusionstothecobbler’schangeofnameuponassumingthebuskin,quotedaLatinlineaboutwhichwehaveoftenconversed. Imeantheline 

           Perdiditantiquumliteraprimasonum.