No
doubt
I
now
grew
very
pale
;
-
-
but
I
talked
more
____________________
,
and
with
a
heightened
voice
.
Yet
the
sound
increased
-
-
and
what
could
I
do
?
It
was
a
low
,
dull
,
quick
sound
-
-
much
such
a
sound
as
a
watch
makes
when
enveloped
in
cotton
.
I
____________________
for
breath
-
-
and
yet
the
officers
heard
it
not
.
I
talked
more
quickly
-
-
more
vehemently
;
but
the
noise
steadily
increased
.
I
arose
and
argued
about
trifles
,
in
a
high
key
and
with
violent
____________________
;
but
the
noise
steadily
increased
.
Why
would
they
not
be
gone
?
I
paced
the
floor
to
and
fro
with
heavy
strides
,
as
if
excited
to
fury
by
the
observations
of
the
men
-
-
but
the
noise
steadily
increased
.
Oh
God
!
what
could
I
do
?
I
foamed
-
-
I
raved
-
-
I
swore
!
I
swung
the
chair
upon
which
I
had
been
sitting
,
and
grated
it
upon
the
boards
,
but
the
noise
arose
over
all
and
continually
increased
.
It
grew
louder
-
-
louder
-
-
louder
!
And
still
the
men
chatted
____________________
,
and
smiled
.
Was
it
possible
they
heard
not
?
Almighty
God
!
-
-
no
,
no
!
They
heard
!
-
-
they
____________________
!
-
-
they
knew
!
-
-
they
were
making
a
____________________
of
my
horror
!
-
-
this
I
thought
,
and
this
I
think
.
But
anything
was
better
than
this
____________________
!
Anything
was
more
tolerable
than
this
derision
!
I
could
bear
those
____________________
smiles
no
longer
!
I
felt
that
I
must
scream
or
die
!
-
-
and
now
-
-
again
!
-
-
hark
!
louder
!
louder
!
louder
!
louder
!
-
-
"
Villains
!
"
I
shrieked
,
"
dissemble
no
more
!
I
admit
the
deed
!
-
-
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up
the
planks
!
-
-
here
,
here
!
-
-
it
is
the
beating
of
his
hideous
heart
!
"
