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 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.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY HOW FIRST THE IDEA ENTERED MY BRAIN; 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! HE HAD THE EYE 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.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY HOW FIRST THE IDEA ENTERED MY BRAIN; 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! HE HAD THE EYE 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

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY HOW FIRST THE IDEA ENTERED MY BRAIN; 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.