450 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The History of Literature
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The Old Man Was Dead
A shriek had been heard by a neighbor during the night. Suspicion of foul play had been aroused. Information had been lodged at the police office and they, the officers, had been deputed to search the premises. The old man I mentioned was absent in the country. His eye would trouble me no more. If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I described the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."
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