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...apartment? — a man or a woman?" The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at — a black pillar! — such, at least, appeared to me, at first sight, the straight, narrow, sable-clad shape standing erect on the rug: the grim face...

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...the parlour ; ten minutes I stood in agitated hesitation : the vehement ringing of the breakfast-room bell decided me ; I must enter. " Who could want me...turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at — a black pillar ! such, at least, appeared to me, at first sight,...

...the parlor : ten minutes I stood in agitated hesitation. The vehement ringing of the breakfast-room bell decided me. I must enter. "Who could want me?"...resisted my efforts. " What should I see besides aunt Roed in the apartment ? a man or a woman ? " The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through...

...the parlour; ten minutes I stood in agitated hesitation : the vehement ringing of the breakfast-room bell decided me ; I must enter. " Who could want me...turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at—a black pillar!—such, at least, appeared to me, at first sight,...

...breakfast, dining, and drawing-rooms were become for me awful regions, on which it dismayed me to intrude. " Who could want me ? " I asked inwardly, as with both...turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at — a black pillar ! — such, at least, appeared to me, at first sight,...

...the parlour ; ten minutes I stood in agitated hesitation : the vehement ringing of the breakfast-room bell decided me ; I must enter. " Who could want me...second or two, resisted my efforts. " What should I see beside my Aunt Reed in the apartment ?—a man or a woman ?" The handle turned, the door unclosed,...

...the parlour ; ten minutes I stood in agitated hesitation : the vehement ringing of the breakfast-room bell decided me ; I must enter. " Who could want me...turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at — a black pillar! — such, at least, appeared to me, at first sight,...