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Quotation from Tales (Selection) by Edgar Allan Poe
“True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”
Tales (Selection), The Tell-Tale Heart (Project Gutenberg Raven Edition text)
The opening words, in which the speaker argues for his own sanity before telling of his crime.
Citation: "True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?" — Edgar Allan Poe, Tales (Selection), The Tell-Tale Heart (Project Gutenberg Raven Edition text). (id poe-tales-q7)
Portrait: Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off, Unknown author Unknown author ; Restored by Yann Forget and Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
