... speak And now — tonight — Ethelred — ha! ha! — the breaking of the door, and the death cry of the creature, and the crashing of the shield! — Say, instead, the forcing of the box, and her cries and ... and my misery and great fear 18 Very suddenly a sense of movement and of sound came back to me — the racing of my heart, and the sound of its beating in my ears Then consciousness returned, and ... am dying from the effects of a wild and terrible experience My family has always produced men of strong' imagination and uncontrolled emotion, often of violent temper, and I am no exception As...