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Chapter I

           NorcouldIpassunnoticedthesuggestionofthebleakshoresofLapland,Siberia,Spitzbergen,NovaZembla,Iceland,Greenland,with"thevastsweepoftheArcticZone,andthoseforlornregionsofdrearyspace,thatreservoiroffrostandsnow,wherefirmfieldsofice,theaccumulationofcenturiesofwinters,glazedinAlpineheightsaboveheights,surroundthepole,andconcentrethemultipliedrigoursofextremecold." Ofthesedeath-whiterealmsIformedanideaofmyown:shadowy,likeallthehalf-comprehendednotionsthatfloatdimthroughchildren’sbrains,butstrangelyimpressive. Thewordsintheseintroductorypagesconnectedthemselveswiththesucceedingvignettes,andgavesignificancetotherockstandingupaloneinaseaofbillowandspray; tothebrokenboatstrandedonadesolatecoast;tothecoldandghastlymoonglancingthroughbarsofcloudatawreckjustsinking. 

           Icannottellwhatsentimenthauntedthequitesolitarychurchyard,withitsinscribedheadstone;itsgate,itstwotrees,itslowhorizon,girdledbyabrokenwall,anditsnewly-risencrescent,attestingthehourofeventide. 

           Thetwoshipsbecalmedonatorpidsea,Ibelievedtobemarinephantoms. 

           Thefiendpinningdownthethief’spackbehindhim,Ipassedoverquickly:itwasanobjectofterror. 

           Sowastheblackhornedthingseatedaloofonarock,surveyingadistantcrowdsurroundingagallows. 

           Eachpicturetoldastory;mysteriousoftentomyundevelopedunderstandingandimperfectfeelings,yeteverprofoundlyinteresting:asinterestingasthetalesBessiesometimesnarratedonwinterevenings,whenshechancedtobeingoodhumour; andwhen,havingbroughtherironing-tabletothenurseryhearth,sheallowedustositaboutit,andwhileshegotupMrs.Reed’slacefrills,andcrimpedhernightcapborders,fedoureagerattentionwithpassagesofloveandadventuretakenfromoldfairytalesandotherballads;or(asatalaterperiodIdiscovered)fromthepagesofPamela,andHenry,EarlofMoreland. 

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