Убийство на улице Морг

           Bytheaidofthesewethenbusiedoursoulsindreams—reading,writing,orconversing,untilwarnedbytheclockoftheadventofthetrueDarkness. Thenwesalliedforthintothestreets,armandarm,continuingthetopicsoftheday,orroamingfarandwideuntilalatehour,seeking,amidthewildlightsandshadowsofthepopulouscity,thatinfinityofmentalexcitementwhichquietobservationcanafford. 

           AtsuchtimesIcouldnothelpremarkingandadmiring(althoughfromhisrichidealityIhadbeenpreparedtoexpectit)apeculiaranalyticabilityinDupin. Heseemed,too,totakeaneagerdelightinitsexercise—ifnotexactlyinitsdisplay—anddidnothesitatetoconfessthepleasurethusderived. Heboastedtome,withalowchucklinglaugh,thatmostmen,inrespecttohimself,worewindowsintheirbosoms,andwaswonttofollowupsuchassertionsbydirectandverystartlingproofsofhisintimateknowledgeofmyown. Hismanneratthesemomentswasfrigidandabstract;hiseyeswerevacantinexpression;whilehisvoice,usuallyarichtenor,roseintoatreblewhichwouldhavesoundedpetulantlybutforthedeliberatenessandentiredistinctnessoftheenunciation. Observinghiminthesemoods,IoftendweltmeditativelyupontheoldphilosophyoftheBi-PartSoul,andamusedmyselfwiththefancyofadoubleDupin—thecreativeandtheresolvent. 

           Letitnotbesupposed,fromwhatIhavejustsaid,thatIamdetailinganymystery,orpenninganyromance.