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<title>The Tell-Tale Heart 4</title>
So I opened it
ĕO܂B
- you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily
ǂꂭ炢낻ƁA₩ɊOƂĂ킩ɂ͂Ȃ܂܂B
- until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye.
Ăƒw偂̎ƌقǂ̈؂̂ڂƂǑԂRāAØĥ悤Ȗڂ̏tɎ˂̂łB
It was open
ڂ͊JĂ܂B
- wide, wide open
傫ςƌJĂ̂ł܂B
- and I grew furious as I gazed upon it.
̖ڂ߂ĂƁA̒ꂩ猃{肪XƕオĂ̂łB
I saw it with perfect distinctness
ɂ͘Vl̖ڂ͂ƌ̂łB
- all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones;
̐܂œt悤ȊAC̈̂͂ǂƂĐĈȂɂB
but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person:
ɂ͘Vl̊ĝ܂B
for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot.
肭ŐłȂ̂łA{\Ƃ܂傤A͐^ɂ̊܂킵ɌĂ܂Ă̂łB
And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?
Ȃl͎̂ƂlƊႢĂł̂悤łA͂̐_oЂǂߕqɂȂĂ̂ƂȂ̂ƐقǂbƎv܂B
- now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound,
x͒ႭA݂AC킵Ă̂łB
such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.
vȂł񂾂悤ȉłB
I knew that sound well, too.
̉悭ɂ鉹łB
It was the beating of the old man's heart.
̉͘Vl̐ŠۓȂ̂łB
It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.
ۂ̉ŕB悤ɁẢ͎̓{̂łB
But even yet I refrained and kept still.
ł͋C}ĂƂĂ܂B
I scarcely breathed.
~߂Ă炢łB
I held the lantern motionless.
^h炳Ȃ悤ɎĂ܂B
I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eve.
ɓĂ܂܁Aǂ炱̏ԂłƂ炦Ă邩K̂łB
Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. 
̊ԂɂAS̋C̈͑傫ȂĂ܂B
It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant.
̊Ԋu͎ɒZ݂ɂȂA悢剹ɂȂĂ̂łB
The old man's terror must have been extreme!
ԈႢȂVl͋ɓx̋|ŋĂ̂łI@
It grew louder, I say, louder every moment!

- do you mark me well I have told you that I am nervous:
͐_oȐƂbƂCɗ߂ĂĂ܂ł傤H@
so I am.
S̒ʂł܂B
And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.
钆̑SĂQÂ܂ɁǍÂт~̋낵Â̂ŁÄٗlȉĂĂȂقǂ̋|ŜłB
Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still.
łԂ͎̋C}ĂƗĂ܂B
But the beating grew louder, louder! 
Ƃ낪ۓ͂ǂǂ傫ȂĂł͂܂񂩁I@
I thought the heart must burst.
SjĂ܂Ǝv܂B
And now a new anxiety seized me
ƁAx͍܂łƂ͈ႤsɏPꂽ̂łB
- the sound would be heard by a neighbour!
̉͂Ɨ׉Ƃ̏ZlɂĂ܂I@
The old man's hour had come!
ׂ̂I@
With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room.
͑吺ă^̕ƊÔāA̒֔э݂܂B
He shrieked once
Vl͂ƈꐺߖグ܂B

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