All this time the creature on the other
side--whether it was in the shape of man, or beast, he neither knew nor
sought to know--was gaining on them. But his greatest terror was when
the man with the bloody smear upon his head demanded of him if he knew
this creatures name, and said that he would whisper it. At this the
dreamer fell upon his knees, his whole blood thrilling with inexplicable
fear, and held his ears. But looking at the speaker's lips, he saw that
they formed the utterance of the letter 'J'; and crying out aloud that
the secret was discovered, and they were all lost, he awoke.
Awoke to find Jonas standing at his bedside watching him. And that very
door wide open.
As their eyes met, Jonas retreated a few paces, and Montague sprang out
of bed.
'Heyday!' said Jonas. 'You're all alive this morning.'
'Alive!' the other stammered, as he pulled the bell-rope violently.
'What are you doing here?'
'It's your room to be sure,' said Jonas; 'but I'm almost inclined to ask
you what YOU are doing here? My room is on the other side of that
door. No one told me last night not to open it.
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