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Chapter 10

           Madwithfear,andscarcelyknowingwhatIdid,Isprangfromthebed,andbegandesperatelytoadvanceuponthesefantasticmasqueraders,determinedtoseizethemanddemandthemeaningofthispracticalanduntimelyjestwhensuddenlyallThreeliftedtheirheadsandturnedtheirfacesonmesuchfaces!indescribablyawfulintheirpallidagonyandawhispermoreghastlythanashriek,penetratedtheveryfibresofmyconsciousness"Misery!"

           WithafuriousboundIflungmyselfuponthemmyhandsstruckemptyspace.Yettheredistinctasevertheystood,gloweringdownuponme,whilemyclenchedfistsbeatimpotentlythroughandbeyondtheirseeminglycorporealshapes!AndthenallatonceIbecameawareoftheireyeseyesthatwatchedmepitilessly,stedfastly,anddisdainfullyeyesthatlikewitch-fires,seemedtoslowlyburnterrificmeaningsintomyveryfleshandspirit.Convulsedandalmostfranticwiththestrainonmynerves,IabandonedmyselftodespairthisawfulsightmeantdeathIthoughtmylasthourhadsurelycome!ThenIsawthelipsofoneofthosedreadfulfacesmove...somesuperhumaninstinctinmeleapedtolife,...insomestrangewayIthoughtIknew,orguessedthehorrorofwhatthatnextutterancewouldbe,...andwithallmyremainingforceIcriedout

           "No!No!NotthateternalDoom!..

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