How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Paragraph)
Quote #7
While he spoke, the lady Madeline (for so was she called) passed slowly through a remote portion of the apartment, and, without having noticed my presence, disappeared. I regarded her with an utter astonishment not unmingled with dread--and yet I found it impossible to account for such feelings. A sensation of stupor oppressed me, as my eyes followed her retreating steps. (13)
This line is great evidence for the argument that Madeline is nearly a ghost or apparition.
Quote #8
I learned that the glimpse I had obtained of her person would thus probably be the last I should obtain--that the lady, at least while living, would be seen by me no more. (14)
Look at the foreshadowing in this line – there is such a sense of doom that we can predict Madeline’s death quite easily.
Quote #9
Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at a exceeding depth below the surface of the earth. No outlet was observed in any portion of its vast extent, and no torch, or other artificial source of light was discernible; yet a flood of intense rays rolled throughout, and bathed the whole in a ghastly and inappropriate splendour. (17)
Pay attention to the number of instances of eerie light, or light of unknown origin, that crop up in this story…