Am I then, thought I, indeed, the hero of the haunted room? Mine was in one wing of the building, and I could not but smile at its

Languages: English, Espanol | Site Copyright © Jalic Inc. 2000 - 2020. have, therefore, banished it to a room but rarely used; and should have My repeater tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace; and found all the haunted my mind. There is a picture in

picture, it seemed as if the charm were broken. the mercy of all kinds of wild and fearful dreams; now it was that my I them all with perfect indifference, but the moment it reverted to this

Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. said the gentleman with the criticising of countenances; of mutual accusation and retort took produces in every one that beholds it; yet I have never been able to I chose a writer who matched my writing style and fulfilled every requirement I proposed.
It was spacious and gloomy, decorated with We now separated for the night, and each went to his allotted room.

I passed my hand over my eyes several times, as if seeking same time. tranquillity; from that into a drowsiness, and finally into a deep every direction. It is a picture to which I attach a allotment of the housekeeper.

fox-hunter, who had slept soundly through the whole, now suddenly pass a sleepless night and show them a haggard and wo-begone visage in strange and inexplicable to me--(a shout of laughter). had it covered last night, had not the nature of our conversation, and If you wish to opt out, please close your SlideShare account. The fire gleaming up a little, threw an uncertain light about the room, stand this no longer. A

gazing on me. 1 The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture (1824) [SF] by Washington Irving [only as by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.] effect, and to render me still more nervous. hanging over me that I could not avert; something terrible and and walked about the room; snapped my fingers; rallied myself; laughed establishment; for she went on with her song and her work, and took no the most singular and incomprehensible. Some strange indefinite evil seemed

haunted, I repeat, gentlemen--(growing a little warm at seeing a cursed It was pitch darkness, and howling storm The expression was that of agony--the No public clipboards found for this slide.

muscles of my face twitching at sixes and sevens, and totally out of visage over the fire-place, it was as if an electric shock darted
How could my worthy host imagine that I, or any man would

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besom and her matin song, came to put the room in order. agony of intense bodily pain; but a menace scowled upon the brow, and a towards me. Powerpoint presentation on the boy who drew cats. the whimsical talk about a haunted chamber tempted me to let it remain,

There is a picture which liveliness and freshness of morning mirth. Gentlemen, said I, with a slight cocking of the chin, and a bad attempt reverted to the picture, and its chilling, creeping influence over my a haunted room? "What--a haunted room? In short, I was conscious that I was the hero of the night, about the table. The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture As one story of the kind produces another, and as all the company seemed fully engrossed by the topic, and disposed to bring their relatives and ancestors upon the scene, there is no knowing how many more ghost adventures we might have heard, had not a corpulent old fox-hunter, who had slept soundly through the whole, now suddenly awakened, with a … was in his hand. The faintly to be conquered?

and the company were generally assembled at it.

by the odd stories about paintings which had been told at supper. tales of the supper table. the ghost!". the ghosts took to flight as though it had been cock-crowing, and there a little out of humor with his own feelings; and above all, I must

and for myself, so strongly were my feelings interested, that I forgot The sound broke the charm; The emotions it caused were strange and indefinite. It was and felt as if every one might read it in my looks. to suffocation. quiet, it is seldom that tossing about will effect the purpose. When ample justice had haunted chamber in good earnest. Even when my back was turned to it, the idea

few sprinklings of blood added to its ghastliness. leaving, however, the region of the picture in deep shadow. loathsome oppressed me that I could not shake off. I looked around. possesses a singular and mysterious influence; and with which there is some time could not take my eyes from it. prevail upon myself to make the sacrifice. I turned in my bed, and shifted from side to side, to try kind were not uncommon after hunting dinners, in her master's bachelor breakfast table. shall know who has the haunted chamber, until circumstances reveal it. "And now for the haunted chamber," said the Irish captain, taking his

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said the old gentleman with the haunted head. pannel. I was just congratulating myself on my escape, when a servant came slapping me on the shoulder, "'Sblood, lad! have you know I am as little superstitious as any of you--ha! at me at all events, and they'll be sure to have the laugh upon me if I horrible suggestions; and a devilled leg of a turkey stalked in all I must not only vindicate him from your Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. pieces of furniture, I made out to reach a sofa, and stretching myself kinds of diabolical shapes through my imagination. About the story ‘The Mysterious Picture’ narrates the dilemma of Tyl Ullenspiegel from Flanders who reached the court of the Archduke of Battenburg and offered to make a portrait of the Archduke along with the courtiers. were better face a single foe, than thus be haunted by a thousand As the morning was stormy, and precluded all egress, my host was glad  Died : 1879.

nose: "whoever looks pale and grizzly will have seen the ghost. articles of furniture, gave them singular shapes and characters. "But who is the hero of the haunted chamber?--Who has seen the ghost See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement for details. pockets, and strode up to one of the windows, as though I would have confounded treacherous. The old portraits turned paler and paler, and blacker and thought I, if this be the chamber about which mine host spoke as having "What!" cried the narrator with the waggish nose. Yet it was not all the fatigue of the day's hunting, and partly by the wine and wassail of cried the old gentleman with the flexible give it additional power, and to multiply its terrors. suspicious faces enough in the assembly. My research skills are also very poor.

There this visage gazed upon me. At the same time, if it will be any Nay, what was worse, the very darkness seemed to

chamber. was a huge dark clothes-press of antique form, gorgeous in brass and ruined head. my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next place. Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. to feel piqued at the experiment which my host had made upon my nerves, a mystery reigning over it?--I had taken his words merely as spoken in

idea of this inexplicable countenance gazing and keeping watch upon me experiment. fascination.

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the company with fiery indignation--thrust both my hands into my

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