Убийство на улице Морг

           Theyhavefallenintothegrossbutcommonerrorofconfoundingtheunusualwiththeabstruse.Butitisbythesedeviationsfromtheplaneoftheordinary,thatreasonfeelsitsway,ifatall,initssearchforthetrue.Ininvestigationssuchaswearenowpursuing,itshouldnotbesomuchasked‘whathasoccurred,’as‘whathasoccurredthathasneveroccurredbefore.’Infact,thefacilitywithwhichIshallarrive,orhavearrived,atthesolutionofthismystery,isinthedirectratioofitsapparentinsolubilityintheeyesofthepolice.” 

           Istaredatthespeakerinmuteastonishment. 

           “Iamnowawaiting,”continuedhe,lookingtowardthedoorofourapartment—“Iamnowawaitingapersonwho,althoughperhapsnottheperpetratorofthesebutcheries,musthavebeeninsomemeasureimplicatedintheirperpetration.Oftheworstportionofthecrimescommitted,itisprobablethatheisinnocent.IhopethatIamrightinthissupposition;foruponitIbuildmyexpectationofreadingtheentireriddle.Ilookforthemanhere—inthisroom—everymoment.Itistruethathemaynotarrive;buttheprobabilityisthathewill.Shouldhecome,itwillbenecessarytodetainhim.Herearepistols;andwebothknowhowtousethemwhenoccasiondemandstheiruse.” 

           Itookthepistols,scarcelyknowingwhatIdid,orbelievingwhatIheard,whileDupinwenton,verymuchasifinasoliloquy.Ihavealreadyspokenofhisabstractmanneratsuchtimes.