tell tale heart

mary P.
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  1. envelop
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    ALL IN VAIN, because Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim.
  2. gesticulation
    a deliberate and vigorous motion of the hands or body
    I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased.
  3. crevice
    a long narrow opening
    When I had waited a long time very patiently without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little -- a very, very little crevice in the lantern.
  4. shriek
    sharp piercing cry
    He shrieked once -- once only.
  5. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
    And this I did for seven long nights, every night just at midnight, but I found the eye always closed, and so it was impossible to do the work, for it was not the old man who vexed me but his Evil Eye.
  6. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
    I shrieked, "dissemble no more!
  7. stealthily
    in a manner marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
    So I opened it -- you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily -- until at length a single dim ray like the thread of the spider shot out from the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye.
  8. courageously
    in a courageous manner
    And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he had passed the night.
  9. unperceived
    not perceived or commented on
    And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel, although he neither saw nor heard, to feel the presence of my head within the room.
  10. dissimulation
    the act of deceiving
    You should have seen how wisely I proceeded -- with what caution -- with what foresight, with what dissimulation, I went to work!
  11. acuteness
    the quality of having a sharp edge or point
    And now have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the senses? now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.
Created on Thu Jul 28 11:16:02 EDT 2011 (updated Thu Jul 28 11:17:20 EDT 2011)

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