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Susan Hill

The Woman in Black

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    Tomes, came in, to sum‍
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    Yes, I had a story, a true story, a story of haunting and evil, fear and confusion, horror and tragedy. But it was not a story to be told for casual entertainment, around the fireside upon Christmas Eve.
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    pounding, my breathing short. I had walked about in a frenzy of agitation, and now, realizing that I must make an effort to calm myself, I sat down on a piece of old, moss-covered stone, and began to take deliberate, steady breaths in on a count of ten and out again, until I felt the tension within myself begin to slacken and my pulse become a little steadier, my head clearer. After a short while longer, I was able to realize my surroundings once again, to note the clearness of the sky and the brightness of the stars, the air's coldness and the crispiness of the frost-stiffened grass beneath my feet.
    Behind me, in the house,
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    old spoilsport.' `Arthur?' `Do your stuff, stepfather, surely you're not going to let us down?' I stood up, unable to bear it any longer.
    am sorry to disappoint you,' I said. 'But I have no story to tell!' And went quickly from the room, and from the house.
    Some fifteen minutes later, I came to my senses and found myself on the scrubland beyond the orchard, my heart
  • b0828344362has quoted3 years ago
    loved him more deeply than any.
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    drawing room at Monk's Piece is long and low, with tall windows at either end, close-curtained now, but by day letting in a great deal of light from both north and south.
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    fastidiousness and reserve, a desire to be somewhat private, which had always singled him out from the rest of Esmé's family,
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    The youngest of the Ainleys, Edmund, sat a little apart separating himself
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    had been the most sensible, responsible of daughters, she was affectionate and charming, and she seemed to have found, in the calm and level-headed Aubrey Pearce, an ideal partner.
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    holidays but London life and business began to irk me from the day I bought the
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