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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lock and Key Library by Julian Hawthorne, Ed.: lie; everyone wants to cheat or to rob me." "Sir, I don't want to
do either." "Well, what did you see that you--you took notice of?"
"Only a picture, Sir." "A picture, Sir!--the original is still
alive." John, though under the impression of his recent feelings,
could not but look incredulous. "John," whispered his uncle;--
"John, they say I am dying of this and that; and one says it is for
want of nourishment, and one says it is for want of medicine,--but,
John," and his face looked hideously ghastly, "I am dying of a
fright. That man," and he extended his meager arm toward the
closet, as if he was pointing to a living being; "that man, I have
good reason to know, is alive still." "How is that possible, Sir?"
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