My head was full of fumesby@dostoyevsky

My head was full of fumes

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... Somewhere behind a screen a clock began wheezing, as though oppressed by something, as though someone were strangling it. After an unnaturally prolonged wheezing there followed a shrill, nasty, and as it were unexpectedly rapid, chime—as though someone were suddenly jumping forward. It struck two. I woke up, though I had indeed not been asleep but lying half-conscious.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist.


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