450 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The History of Literature
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The Old Man's Hour Comes
"What you mistake for madness is but overacuteness of the sense," he says. "I saw it with perfect distinctness, all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones." The old man's terror must have been extreme; his heart beat louder and louder every moment. But I directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot. With a loud yell I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once, once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor and pulled the heavy bed over him".
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