Thesecondandthethirddaypassed, , interror, hadfledthepremisesforever! Ishouldbeholditnomore! Myhappinesswassupreme! , — .
Uponthefourthdayoftheassassination, apartyofthepolicecame, veryunexpectedly, intothehouse, , however, intheinscrutabilityofmyplaceofconcealment, , forthethirdorfourthtime, , , bywayoftriumph, andtorenderdoublysuretheirassuranceofmyguiltlessness.
“Gentlemen,” Isaidatlast, asthepartyascendedthesteps,“, , gentlemen, this — thisisaverywellconstructedhouse.” (Intherabiddesiretosaysomethingeasily, IscarcelyknewwhatIutteredatall.) — “ — areyougoing, gentlemen? — thesewallsaresolidlyputtogether,” andhere, throughthemerefrenzyofbravado, Irappedheavily, withacanewhichIheldinmyhand, uponthatveryportionofthebrick-workbehindwhichstoodthecorpseofthewifeofmybosom.
ButmayGodshieldanddelivermefromthefangsoftheArch-Fiend! Nosoonerhadthereverberationofmyblowssunkintosilence, thanIwasansweredbyavoicefromwithinthetomb! — byacry, atfirstmuffledandbroken, likethesobbingofachild, andthenquicklyswellingintoonelong, loud, andcontinuousscream, utterlyanomalousandinhuman — ahowl — awailingshriek, halfofhorrorandhalfoftriumph, suchasmighthavearisenonlyoutofhell, conjointlyfromthethroatsofthedammedintheiragonyandofthedemonsthatexultinthedamnation.
, , , , alreadygreatlydecayedandclottedwithgore, , withredextendedmouthandsolitaryeyeoffire, satthehideousbeastwhosecrafthadseducedmeintomurder, !
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