thus he could not kill him
because he was not mad at the man, only his vulture eye. After the eighth night of his
carefully entering the old man's room he repeated the same process as in the past seven
nights. This night his vulture eye was opened. He opened the lantern and it made a noise
causing the old man to rouse. He and the old man, both awake, were still for an hour.
"I kept quite still and said nothing. For a
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