THE OVAL PORTRAIT
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- It was the best and most beautiful painting I have ever seen. And meI know I never saw a woman as beautiful as her!
- I stayed for perhaps an hour, half-sitting, half-lying, nevertaking my eyes off the portrait. Then at last, I understood. At last, I realized what the true secret of the picture was
- The more I looked into those eyes, the moreI looked at that beautiful smile, the more I was afraid! It was astrange, terrible fear that I could not understand. It was a fear mixed with horror.
- The portraitwas now hidden in darkness again. Quickly, I looked through thebook until I found the story of the oval portrait. I read thesewords:
- Yes,she was happy until that evil day when she saw and loved thepainter of her portrait. They were married. But, sadly, he alreadyhad a wife: his work. His painting was more important to himthan anything in the world.
- His painting was her only enemy; and she began to hate thepaintings that kept her husband away from her.
- And so it was aterrible thing when he told her that he wanted to paint hisyoung wife's portrait.
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