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2、ntryhouse,hadthatofrecountingnarrativesofthissortwithveryconsiderableeffect--muchgreater,indeed,thananyonewouldbeapttoguessfromthestyleofherwrittenperformances.Therearehoursandmoodswhenmostpeoplearenotdispleasedtolistentosuchthings;andIhaveheardsomeo
3、fthegreatestandwisestofmycontemporariestaketheirshareintellingthem.AUGUST18312THETAPESTRIEDCHAMBERTHETAPESTRIEDCHAMBERThefollowingnarrativeisgivenfromthepen,sofarasmemorypermits,inthesamecharacterinwhichitwaspresentedtotheauthor'sear;norhasheclaimtof
4、urtherpraise,ortobemoredeeplycensured,thaninproportiontothegoodorbadjudgmentwhichhehasemployedinselectinghismaterials,ashehasstudiouslyavoidedanyattemptatornamentwhichmightinterferewiththesimplicityofthetale.Atthesametime,itmustbeadmittedthattheparti
5、cularclassofstorieswhichturnsonthemarvellouspossessesastrongerinfluencewhentoldthanwhencommittedtoprint.Thevolumetakenupatnoonday,thoughrehearsingthesameincidents,conveysamuchmorefeebleimpressionthanisachievedbythevoiceofthespeakeronacircleoffireside
6、auditors,whohanguponthenarrativeasthenarratordetailstheminuteincidentswhichservetogiveitauthenticity,andlowershisvoicewithanaffectationofmysterywhileheapproachesthefearfulandwonderfulpart.Itwaswithsuchadvantagesthatthepresentwriterheardthefollowingev
7、entsrelated,morethantwentyyearssince,bythecelebratedMissSewardofLitchfield,who,tohernumerousaccomplishments,added,inaremarkabledegree,thepowerofnarrativeinprivateconversation.Initspresentformthetalemustnecessarilylosealltheinterestwhichwasattachedtoi
8、tbytheflexiblevoiceandintelligentfeaturesofthegiftednarrator.Yetstill,readaloudtoanundoubtingaudiencebythedoubtfullightoftheclosingevening,orinsilencebyadecayingtaper,andamidstthesolitudeofahalf-lightedapartment,itmayredeemitscharacterasagoodghoststo
