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as a it was anda m o o n l i g h t anda that p o o o r t h i n g andt began to crawl and shake the

pattern, a I got

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and shake the

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moonlight and that poor thing and began to crawl the and shake the pattern, a I got andup

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then a when an the sun an came the and that

a w f u l anpat antern began to laugh at me, I d e - clared I

and w o u l d finish it today.

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ands come in, till J o h n

comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope

up here that an even Jennie

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the andth room. And then when an the

sun came and a a ad that awful the pattern began to and laugh at me, I

declared I would

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shake can the pattern, a I got

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morning a we had a peeled

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paper. A strip an

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laugh at me, I declared I would the finish

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moonlight and that poor thing the began to crawl and shake an the pattern, I got up and ran to help her. I pulled

and then she shook, I shook

and then she pulled, and

and before morn ing

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t h e r e r oom.

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want a to go out, and I don't want to h a v e a n y -b o d y come

in, an till anJohn comes. I want to astonish

him. I've got a rope up here

t

As soon as it was moonlight and that

poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning

we had peeled off yards of that paper. A strip about as high as my head and half around the room. And then when the sun came

and that awful pattern began to laugh at me, I declared I would finish it today. I don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that

even Jennie did not find. If that woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie her! But I forgot I could not reach

far without anything to stand on! This bed will not move! I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and then I got so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling

fungus growths just shriek with derision! I am getting angry enough to do something desperate. To jump out of the window would be

admirable exercise, but the bars are too strong even to try. Besides I wouldn't do it. Of course not. I know well enough that a step like that is improper and might be misconstrued. I don't like to look out of the windows even there are so and many of those creeping women, and they then creep so fast. I wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper as I did? ApBut I am securely fastened the now by my well-hidden and rope. I suppose I shall have to get back and behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard! It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around and as I please! I don't want to go outside.

For outside you have to creep on the ground, and everything is green instead of yellow. But here I can creep smoothly on the floor, and my shoulder just fits in that

long smooch around the wall, so I cannot lose my way. Why there's John at the door! AndIt is no use, young man, you can't open it! How he does call and pound! Now he's crying for and an axe. It would and be a shame to break and and down that beautiful and door! "John dear!" and said I in the gentlest voice, "the key is down by the front steps, under a an plantain leaf! That silenced him for a few moments. Then he said, very quietly indeed, "Open the and door, my darling! "I can't," said I. And then I said it again, several times, very gently and slowly, and said it so often that he had to go and see, and he got it of course, and came in. He stopped the short by the door. "What is the matter?"

he cried. "For God's sake, what are you doing! I kept on creeping

just the same, but I looked at him over my shoulder. "I've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back! Now why should that man have

fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we had peeled off yards of that paper. A the strip about as high as my head and

half around the room. And then when the sun came and that awful pattern

began to laugh at me, I declared I would finish it today. I don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that even Jennie did not find. a If that woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie her! But I forgot I could not reach far without anything to stand on! This bed will not move!

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bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling fungus growths just shriek with

derision! I am getting angry enough to do something desperate. To jump out of

the window apply would be and and thenadmirable

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pBut

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it com

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and creep around and as I please! I don't w

ant to go outside. For

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have to

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all, so I cannot lose m

y way. W

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n by

the front

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for a few

mom

ents. Then

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very quietly indeed, "Open

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it again,

several tim

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gently and

slowly, and said it so often

that he had to go and see, and he got it of course, and cam

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short by the door. "What is

the matter?" he cried. "F

or God's sake, w

hat are you doing! I kept on creeping just the sam

e, but I looked at him

over my shoulder.

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oonlight and that

poor thing

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she shook,

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around the

room. And

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declared I

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finish it

today. I don't want to go

out, and I don't want to

have anybody come in, till John

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twould finish an it

today

. I

As soon as

it was moonlight and that

poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help

her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we

had peeled off yards of that paper. A strip about as high as my

head and half around the room. And then when the sun came and

that awful pattern began to laugh at me, I declared I would finish it today. I

don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John

comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that

even Jennie did not find. If that woman

does get out, and tries to get away, I can

tie her! But I forgot I could not reach far

without anything to stand on! This bed

will not move! I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and

then I got so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my

teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All

those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling

fungus growths just shriek with derision! I am getting angry enough to

do something desperate. To jump out of the window would be

admirable exercise, but

the bars are too strong

even to try. Besides I

wouldn't do it. Of course

not. I know well enough

that a step like that is

improper and might be

misconstrued. I don't like

to look out of the

windows even there are

so and many of those

creeping women, and

they then creep so fast. I

wonder if they all come

out of that wallpaper as I

did? ApBut I am securely

fastened the now by my

well-hidden and rope. I

suppose I shall have to

get back and behind the

pattern when it comes

night, and that is hard! It

is so pleasant to be out in

this great room and creep

around and as I please! I

don't want to go outside.

For outside you have to creep

on the ground, and everything is

green instead of yellow. But here I

can creep smoothly on the floor,

and my shoulder just fits in that

long smooch around the

wall, so I cannot lose my

way. Why there's John at

the door! AndIt is no use,

young man, you can't

open it! How he does call

and pound! Now he's

crying for and an axe. It

would and be a shame to

break and and down that

beautiful and door! "John

dear!" and said I in the

gentlest voice, "the key is

down by the front steps,

under a an plantain leaf!

That silenced him for a

few moments. Then he

said, very quietly indeed,

"Open the and door, my

darling! "I can't," said I.

And then I said it again,

several times, very gently

and slowly, and said it so

often that he had to go

and see, and he got it of

course, and came in. He

stopped the short by the

door. "What is the matter?"

he cried. "For God's sake, what

are you doing! I kept on creeping

just the same, but I looked at him over

my shoulder. "I've got out at last," said I,

"in spite of you and Jane. And I've

pulled off most of the paper, so

you can't put me back! Now

why should that man have

fainted? But he did, and right

across my path by the wall, so

that I had to creep over him every

time!As soon as it was moonlight

and that poor thing began to crawl

and shake the pattern, I got up and

ran to help her. I pulled and she

shook, I shook and she pulled,

and before morning we had

peeled off yards of that

paper. A the strip about as

high as my head and

half around the room. And

then when the sun came

and that awful pattern

began to laugh at me, I declared I

would finish it today. I don't want to

go out, and I don't want to have

anybody come in, till John comes.

I want to astonish him. I've got a

rope up here that even Jennie

did not find. a If that woman

does get out, and tries to get

away, I can tie her! But I forgot

I could not reach far without

anything to stand on! This

bed will not move! I tried to

lift and push it until I was lame,

and then I got so angry I bit off a

little piece at one corner but it hurt

my teeth. Then I peeled off all the

paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern

just enjoys it! All those strangled

heads and bulbous eyes and

waddling fungus growths

just shriek with derision! I

am getting angry enough to do

something desperate. To jump out of the

window apply would be and

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want to astonish him

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rope up here that even Jennie did not find. If that

woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie

her! But I forgot I could

not reach far

without anything to stand on! This bed

will not move! I tried to lift and push

it until I was

lame, and then I got so angry I bit off a little piece

at and one corner

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teeth. and Then I

peeled off all the

paper then I could

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the flo

or. It sticks

horribly and the

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wallpaper as I did?

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the pattern w

hen

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pleasa

nt to

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great room an and

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John at the d

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can

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ow he does

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beautiful then and

door! "John dear!"

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gentlest voice,

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key is down by the

front steps, under a an

pla

ntain then leaf! That

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me,

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spite o

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pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning w

e had peeled off yards of that paper. A

strip about as high as my head and half

around the room. A

nd then when the sun cam

e and that awful

pattern began to laugh at me, I declared I w

ould finish it today. I don't want to

go out, and I don't want to have anybody com

e in, till John comes. I w

ant to astonish him

. I've got a rope up here that even Jennie did not find. If

that wom

an does get out, and tries to get aw

ay, I can tie her! But I forgot I could

not reach far without anything to stand

on! This bed w

ill not move! I tried to lift and

push it until I was

lame, and then I got so angry I bit off a little

piece at one corner but it hurt m

y teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I

could reach standing on the floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! A

ll those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling fungus grow

ths just shriek with derision! I am

getting angry enough to do som

ething desperate. To jum

p out of the window

would be adm

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esides I wouldn't do

it. Of course not. I know

well enough that a step like

that is improper and m

ight be

misconstrued.

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like to

look out

of the

window

s even there are so

and many of those creeping

wom

en, and

they then

creep so fast. I wonder if

they all come out of that

wallpaper as I did? A

pBut

I am securely fastened the

now by m

y well-hidden and

rope. I suppose I shall have to get back and behind the pattern

when

it com

es night, and that is hard! It is so pleasant to be out in this great room

and creep around and as I please! I don't w

ant to go outside. For

outside you

have to

creep on the ground, and everything is green instead of yellow

. But here I can

creep smoothly on the floor, and

my shoulder just fits in that long

smooch around the w

all, so I cannot lose m

y way. W

hy there's John at the door! A

ndIt is no use, young man,

you can't open it! How

he does call and pound! N

ow

he's crying for and an axe. It w

ould and be a shame to

break and and down that

beautiful and door! "John dear!" and said I in the gentlest voice, "the key is dow

n by

the front

steps, under a an plantain leaf! That silenced him

for a few

mom

ents. Then

he said,

very quietly indeed, "Open

the and door, my darling!

"I can't," said I. And then

I said

it again,

several tim

es, very

gently and

slowly, and said it so often

that he had to go and see, and he got it of course, and cam

e in. He stopped the

short by the door. "What is

the matter?" he cried. "F

or God's sake, w

hat are you doing! I kept on creeping just the sam

e, but I looked at him

over my shoulder.

"I've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane. A

nd I've pulled off m

ost of the paper, so you can't put m

e back! Now

why should that

man have fainted? B

ut he did, and right across m

y path by the wall, so that I

had to creep over him every tim

e!As

soon as it was m

oonlight and that

poor thing

began to

crawl and shake the pattern, I

got up and ran to help her. I pulled and

she shook,

I shook

and she

pulled, and before morning w

e had peeled off yards of that paper. A

the strip about as high as m

y head and half

around the

room. And

then when the sun cam

e and that awful

pattern began to laugh at me, I

declared I

would

finish it

today. I don't want to go

out, and I don't want to

have anybody come in, till John

comes.

I want

to astonish

him. I've got a rope up here

that even Jennie did not find. a If that wom

an does get out, and tries to get aw

ay, I can tie her! But I forgot I

could not

reach far

without

anything to stand on! This bed w

ill not m

ove! I tried to lift and push it until I w

as lame, and then I got

so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner

but it hurt my

teeth. Then I peeled off all the

paper I could reach standing on the floor. It sticks horribly

and the pattern just enjoys it! All

those strangled

heads and

bulbous eyes and w

addling fungus growths just

shriek with derision! I am

getting angry enough to do som

ething desperate. To

jump out of the w

indow apply w

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As soon as

it was moonlight and that

poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help

her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we

had peeled off yards of that paper. A strip about as high as my

head and half around the room. And then when the sun came and

that awful pattern began to laugh at me, I declared I would finish it today. I

don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John

comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that

even Jennie did not find. If that woman

does get out, and tries to get away, I can

tie her! But I forgot I could not reach far

without anything to stand on! This bed

will not move! I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and

then I got so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my

teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All

those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling

fungus growths just shriek with derision! I am getting angry enough to

do something desperate. To jump out of the window would be

admirable exercise, but

the bars are too strong

even to try. Besides I

wouldn't do it. Of course

not. I know well enough

that a step like that is

improper and might be

misconstrued. I don't like

to look out of the

windows even there are

so and many of those

creeping women, and

they then creep so fast. I

wonder if they all come

out of that wallpaper as I

did? ApBut I am securely

fastened the now by my

well-hidden and rope. I

suppose I shall have to

get back and behind the

pattern when it comes

night, and that is hard! It

is so pleasant to be out in

this great room and creep

around and as I please! I

don't want to go outside.

For outside you have to creep

on the ground, and everything is

green instead of yellow. But here I

can creep smoothly on the floor,

and my shoulder just fits in that

long smooch around the

wall, so I cannot lose my

way. Why there's John at

the door! AndIt is no use,

young man, you can't

open it! How he does call

and pound! Now he's

crying for and an axe. It

would and be a shame to

break and and down that

beautiful and door! "John

dear!" and said I in the

gentlest voice, "the key is

down by the front steps,

under a an plantain leaf!

That silenced him for a

few moments. Then he

said, very quietly indeed,

"Open the and door, my

darling! "I can't," said I.

And then I said it again,

several times, very gently

and slowly, and said it so

often that he had to go

and see, and he got it of

course, and came in. He

stopped the short by the

door. "What is the matter?"

he cried. "For God's sake, what

are you doing! I kept on creeping

just the same, but I looked at him over

my shoulder. "I've got out at last," said I,

"in spite of you and Jane. And I've

pulled off most of the paper, so

you can't put me back! Now

why should that man have

fainted? But he did, and right

across my path by the wall, so

that I had to creep over him every

time!As soon as it was moonlight

and that poor thing began to crawl

and shake the pattern, I got up and

ran to help her. I pulled and she

shook, I shook and she pulled,

and before morning we had

peeled off yards of that

paper. A the strip about as

high as my head and

half around the room. And

then when the sun came

and that awful pattern

began to laugh at me, I declared I

would finish it today. I don't want to

go out, and I don't want to have

anybody come in, till John comes.

I want to astonish him. I've got a

rope up here that even Jennie

did not find. a If that woman

does get out, and tries to get

away, I can tie her! But I forgot

I could not reach far without

anything to stand on! This

bed will not move! I tried to

lift and push it until I was lame,

and then I got so angry I bit off a

little piece at one corner but it hurt

my teeth. Then I peeled off all the

paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern

just enjoys it! All those strangled

heads and bulbous eyes and

waddling fungus growths

just shriek with derision! I

am getting angry enough to do

something desperate. To jump out of the

window apply would be and

and thenadmirable

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soon

as a it

and was

moon-

light thand

that the poor

thing began to

crawl thenan and

shake the pattern, I got up

and ran thenthe and to

help bec her. I

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As an th and

the soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to

crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her. I pulled and she shook, I

shook theand and she pulled, then ap anbed

before morning then we had and peeled off yards

then of that paper. A strip and about as high as sdmy

head the and thehalf around the thent room. And then

when the sun came and that and awful an pattern

began to laugh and me, an Insid declared I awould

finish a it today. I don't want to

thenre andyon and another way to mak

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soon and as it was

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pattern, a I got

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then a when an the sun an came the and that

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and w o u l d finish it today.

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and then she pulled, and

and before morn ing

we a had p e e l e d off yards of that paper . A strip a b ou t and as h i g h as my h e a d a n d h a l f plyarounder

t h e r e r oom.

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want a to go out, and I don't want to h a v e a n y -b o d y come

in, an till anJohn comes. I want to astonish

him. I've got a rope up here

t

As soon as it was moonlight and that

poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning

we had peeled off yards of that paper. A strip about as high as my head and half around the room. And then when the sun came

and that awful pattern began to laugh at me, I declared I would finish it today. I don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that

even Jennie did not find. If that woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie her! But I forgot I could not reach

far without anything to stand on! This bed will not move! I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and then I got so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling

fungus growths just shriek with derision! I am getting angry enough to do something desperate. To jump out of the window would be

admirable exercise, but the bars are too strong even to try. Besides I wouldn't do it. Of course not. I know well enough that a step like that is improper and might be misconstrued. I don't like to look out of the windows even there are so and many of those creeping women, and they then creep so fast. I wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper as I did? ApBut I am securely fastened the now by my well-hidden and rope. I suppose I shall have to get back and behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard! It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around and as I please! I don't want to go outside.

For outside you have to creep on the ground, and everything is green instead of yellow. But here I can creep smoothly on the floor, and my shoulder just fits in that

long smooch around the wall, so I cannot lose my way. Why there's John at the door! AndIt is no use, young man, you can't open it! How he does call and pound! Now he's crying for and an axe. It would and be a shame to break and and down that beautiful and door! "John dear!" and said I in the gentlest voice, "the key is down by the front steps, under a an plantain leaf! That silenced him for a few moments. Then he said, very quietly indeed, "Open the and door, my darling! "I can't," said I. And then I said it again, several times, very gently and slowly, and said it so often that he had to go and see, and he got it of course, and came in. He stopped the short by the door. "What is the matter?"

he cried. "For God's sake, what are you doing! I kept on creeping

just the same, but I looked at him over my shoulder. "I've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back! Now why should that man have

fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we had peeled off yards of that paper. A the strip about as high as my head and

half around the room. And then when the sun came and that awful pattern

began to laugh at me, I declared I would finish it today. I don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that even Jennie did not find. a If that woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie her! But I forgot I could not reach far without anything to stand on! This bed will not move!

I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and then I got so angry I

bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling fungus growths just shriek with

derision! I am getting angry enough to do something desperate. To jump out of

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all, so I cannot lose m

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n by

the front

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it again,

several tim

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gently and

slowly, and said it so often

that he had to go and see, and he got it of course, and cam

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short by the door. "What is

the matter?" he cried. "F

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hat are you doing! I kept on creeping just the sam

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over my shoulder.

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oonlight and that

poor thing

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she shook,

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and she

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around the

room. And

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declared I

would

finish it

today. I don't want to go

out, and I don't want to

have anybody come in, till John

comes.

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heads and

bulbous eyes and w

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As soon as

it was moonlight and that

poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help

her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we

had peeled off yards of that paper. A strip about as high as my

head and half around the room. And then when the sun came and

that awful pattern began to laugh at me, I declared I would finish it today. I

don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John

comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that

even Jennie did not find. If that woman

does get out, and tries to get away, I can

tie her! But I forgot I could not reach far

without anything to stand on! This bed

will not move! I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and

then I got so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my

teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All

those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling

fungus growths just shriek with derision! I am getting angry enough to

do something desperate. To jump out of the window would be

admirable exercise, but

the bars are too strong

even to try. Besides I

wouldn't do it. Of course

not. I know well enough

that a step like that is

improper and might be

misconstrued. I don't like

to look out of the

windows even there are

so and many of those

creeping women, and

they then creep so fast. I

wonder if they all come

out of that wallpaper as I

did? ApBut I am securely

fastened the now by my

well-hidden and rope. I

suppose I shall have to

get back and behind the

pattern when it comes

night, and that is hard! It

is so pleasant to be out in

this great room and creep

around and as I please! I

don't want to go outside.

For outside you have to creep

on the ground, and everything is

green instead of yellow. But here I

can creep smoothly on the floor,

and my shoulder just fits in that

long smooch around the

wall, so I cannot lose my

way. Why there's John at

the door! AndIt is no use,

young man, you can't

open it! How he does call

and pound! Now he's

crying for and an axe. It

would and be a shame to

break and and down that

beautiful and door! "John

dear!" and said I in the

gentlest voice, "the key is

down by the front steps,

under a an plantain leaf!

That silenced him for a

few moments. Then he

said, very quietly indeed,

"Open the and door, my

darling! "I can't," said I.

And then I said it again,

several times, very gently

and slowly, and said it so

often that he had to go

and see, and he got it of

course, and came in. He

stopped the short by the

door. "What is the matter?"

he cried. "For God's sake, what

are you doing! I kept on creeping

just the same, but I looked at him over

my shoulder. "I've got out at last," said I,

"in spite of you and Jane. And I've

pulled off most of the paper, so

you can't put me back! Now

why should that man have

fainted? But he did, and right

across my path by the wall, so

that I had to creep over him every

time!As soon as it was moonlight

and that poor thing began to crawl

and shake the pattern, I got up and

ran to help her. I pulled and she

shook, I shook and she pulled,

and before morning we had

peeled off yards of that

paper. A the strip about as

high as my head and

half around the room. And

then when the sun came

and that awful pattern

began to laugh at me, I declared I

would finish it today. I don't want to

go out, and I don't want to have

anybody come in, till John comes.

I want to astonish him. I've got a

rope up here that even Jennie

did not find. a If that woman

does get out, and tries to get

away, I can tie her! But I forgot

I could not reach far without

anything to stand on! This

bed will not move! I tried to

lift and push it until I was lame,

and then I got so angry I bit off a

little piece at one corner but it hurt

my teeth. Then I peeled off all the

paper I could reach standing on the

floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern

just enjoys it! All those strangled

heads and bulbous eyes and

waddling fungus growths

just shriek with derision! I

am getting angry enough to do

something desperate. To jump out of the

window apply would be and

and thenadmirable

As

soon

as a it

ath was

moon-

light thand

that the poor

thing began to

the crawl and then

shake the pattern, I got up

and ran to at help her.

the I pulled at

and sthe she

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then of that paper. A strip and about as high as sdmy

head the and thehalf around the thent room. And then

when the sun came and that and awful an pattern

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finish a it today. I don't want to

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