The Tell Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart True! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses -- not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily --how calmly I can tell you the whole story. It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but but once conceived it haunted me day and night Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! One of his eyes is resembled that of a vulture. a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees --very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly --very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. 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over im I then smiled and gave him to find the deed so far done but for many minutes for heartbeat arm with a muffled found this however did not Vic me it would not be heard through the wall at Lane it feast the oh man West dead I removed the bed been examined the court yes he was down stone dead I placed my hand upon the heart and how did their many minutes there was no power station he was *** his eye would crumble million or more if for still you feat me mad he will think so no longer and when I describe the wise precaution as I took for the confusion into my body the night waned and I work a school he but in Highland first of all I dismembered the corpse I cut off the head in the arms and the lakes I dental Cup 3 planks from the flooring and the Chamber and deposited all between the scattering I then replace the board so cleverly so coming happy that no human I not even his could have detected anything wrong there was nothing to wash out no stain have any kind no blood spot whatever I had been COO wary format are Cup but had called or hmm her went happy I had made an end a visa labor's it was four o'clock still dark as midnight as the bell sounded the hour came a knocking at the street door I went down to open it with a light-hearted for what had I now go to fear their entered three men who introduced themselves with perfect property as offices up the police a freak and been heard by a neighbor during the night suspicion of foul play he had been aroused information had been lodged a police officer and they the officers had been good puted to search the premises I smiled for what had i to fear i bad the gentlemen welcome the street I said was my own in a dream the oh man I mention was absent in the country I took my visitors all over the house I bad them cert search well I let the middling to his chamber I showed them his treasures secure undisturbed in the enthusiasm of my confidence I brought chairs into the room and desire them here to rest from their fatigues while I myself in the wild audacity of my perfect try on placed my own feet up on the very spot beneath which we posed the corpse out that victim the officers were satisfied my manner had convinced them I was singularly at EU's they sat and while I answered clearly they chatted familiar things but here long i feel myself getting PayPal and wished them gone now by head 8 tonight fancy do ringing in my ears but still raise that and still chatted ringing became more distinctive continued in BK more disdained I I talk more freely to get retrieve the feeling but he continued and gain definitive North until it laying I found that the noise was not within my here's no doubt I now grew very PO but I talk more fluently and with a heightened Voice yet but happened increased and what could I do it was load dow quick sound much such as sound as a watch makes when enveloped in hot *** I gasped for breath and yet the officers herded knock I talk more quickly more vehemently but the noise steadily increased I roseanne argued about rifles in the hierarchy and will vie logistical asians but the noise steadily increased why would they not be gone I paced the floor to and fro with heavy stride as excited if you read about the observation other men but the noise steadily increased oh god what could I do iPhone I raved I swore I i swung it here upon which I've been sitting here and graded it up on the board but noise arose overall and continually increase he grew louder louder louder and here amends catted pleasantly and macular what if possible they heard not all my v-card no now layered they suspected they knew they were making a mockery of my are a few this I followed in this I feel Inc but anything was better than this agony anything with more tolerable than this give region I could bear those hypocritical miles no longer I felt that I must green more guy and now a game hard wow louder louder louder Arab I Luton house Creek get how do you know more I admit good deed 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