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Quotation from Tales (Selection) by Edgar Allan Poe
“Madman! I tell you that she now stands without the door!”
Tales (Selection), The Fall of the House of Usher (Project Gutenberg Raven Edition text)
As the storm rises and the narrator's reading of the Mad Trist is echoed by sounds from below, Roderick reveals that his sister was entombed alive.
Citation: "Madman! I tell you that she now stands without the door!" — Edgar Allan Poe, Tales (Selection), The Fall of the House of Usher (Project Gutenberg Raven Edition text). (id poe-tales-q5)
Portrait: Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off, Unknown author Unknown author ; Restored by Yann Forget and Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
