I dragged mine nearer to him; and I laughed--I was very merry then--I saw him shudder.

I felt the madness rising within me.

He was afraid of me.
'"You were very fond of your sister when she was alive," I said.--"Very." 'He looked uneasily round him, and I saw his hand grasp the back of his chair; but he said nothing.
'"You villain," said I, "I found you out: I discovered your hellish plots against me; I know her heart was fixed on some one else before you compelled her to marry me.

I know it--I know it." 'He jumped suddenly from his chair, brandished it aloft, and bid me stand back--for I took care to be getting closer to him all the time I spoke.
'I screamed rather than talked, for I felt tumultuous passions eddying through my veins, and the old spirits whispering and taunting me to tear his heart out.
'"Damn you," said I, starting up, and rushing upon him; "I killed her.

I am a madman.