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“Henry,' at last said one, again dipping the spoon into the flaming spirit, 'hast thou read Hoffman?'

'I should think so,' said Henry.

'What think you of him?'

'Why, that he writes admirably; and, moreover, what is more admirable - in such a manner that you see at once he almost believes that which he relates. As for me, I know very well that when I read him of a dark night, I am obliged to creep to bed without shutting my book, and without daring to look behind me.'

'Indeed; then you love the terrible and fantastic?'

'I do,' said Henry. ("The Dead Man's Story”
― Hain Friswell