THE TELL-TALE HEART
Come in, Warren; come in, Anderson; a cold night; we’ll
have a drop of something to warm us by and by.
[More mm” more at his ease.
SERGEANT. Why,
the
fact
is,
Mr.
Adams,
neighbour
Clark here heard a dreadful cry in the cottage, and
JACK. Hal Ha! Clark, you're a funny fellow.
It’s no
joke to me, though, for the fact is I had the most awful
dream
SERGEANT. And so you shrieked, of course.
Strikes me,
neighbour Clark, you've found a pretty mare‘s nest.
CLARK. But where’s
016
Meyer?
I swear I saw him
come in less than half an hour ago.
JACK. I tell you he's not here.
Why don’t you look for
him, you dear old muddlehead?
SERGEANT. Why, yes, Mr. Adams, that seems the simplest
way.
JACK. Just take a note first of all of what the burglars
have done, Sergeant.
Three large patent safes carried bodily
away—shutters broken—[Goes and mfi/es [hand—Room
n
disorder—[Pulls the hedc/athes an to Με fand—Pan of the
swag lying on the floor—shows the burglars were disturbed
in their nefarious occupation.
[HE salt/er: same coþþeafsκύσαι]
Murdered
body of Meyer up the chimney—go and look,
Clark, don't be scared, they did the job thoroughly—he won’t
bite you!
My
murdered
body—where shall
I
hide my
murdered body, eh?
[The POLICE mar wfi/1 laughter, louder
and louder, and CLARK [17th mare and more rheepz'shj
OhI
you’ll find that in my room, I should think
: run along.
[HE
pushes THEM tk;/aug); door, R.]
Sorry I can't help you look
for it—I must get that ale.
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