Mood: Frightening Key words/phrases: "With a loud yell...I leaped into the room." "He shrieked once--once only." "I dragged him to the floor." "dead"
"The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once--once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor and pulled the heavy bed over him...the heart beat on with a muffled sound...At length ceased. The old man was dead."
Tone: Nervous Key words/phrases: "gasped for breath...talked more quickly" "I paced the floor..."
"Yet the sound increased...I gasped for breath--and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly; but the noise steadily increased...Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, but the noise steadily increased."