The Masque of the Red Dead
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- "He was seen to convulsed,in the first moment with a strong shudder either of terror or distaste;but,in the next, his brow reddened with
- "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe , The "Red Death" had land devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
- "who dares?" he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him--"who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? seize him and unmask him"
- "The Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court."'
- "the rumor of this new presence having spread itself whisperingly around, there arose at length from the whole company a buzz, or murmur, expressive of disapprobation and surprise--then,finally,of terror,of horror and of disgust"
- "It was in the eastern or blue chamber in which stood the Prince Prospero as he uttered these words. They rang throughout the seven rooms loudly and clearly --for the prince was a bold and robust man."
- "Prince Prospero,maddening with rage and the shame of his own momentary cowardice,..while none followed him on account of a deadly terror that had seized upon all."
- "and now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night"
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