The Most Dreadful Game I Ever Played

Long fasting had shaken a mind usually calm and callous enough. By the time the task was nearly finished, i was in a state of nerves equal to seeing or hearing anything. So near was it that i could have stretched out my hands, if i had dared, and touched the monstrous being that i knew stood under those baleful planetsthat glistened in the black firmament. How long exactly we dodged and shuffled and panted round that stone in the darkness cannot be said. But it went on so long that even in my panting stress and excitement, it grew dull after a time,. And i found myself speculating on the weather while i danced vis avi to my