Moreover, Poe would end the story here.

But the Poe-dream is set like a dark jewel in a gold ring, of which more anon.
Let us dwell upon the confession.

The first stage of this conscience-climax is reached by the dramatization of The Tell-tale Heart reminiscence in the memory of the dreaming man.

The episode makes a singular application of the theories with which this chapter begins.

For furniture-in-motion we have the detective's pencil.