Monday, September 17, 2012
Contents of the Dead man's pocket
"Turning, he saw a sheet of white paper drifting to the floor in a series of
arcs, and another sheet, yellow, moving toward the window, caught in the dying
current flowing through the narrow opening. As he watched, the paper struck the
bottom edge of the window and hung there for an instant, plastered against the
glass and wood. Then as the moving air stilled completely, the curtains swinging
back from the wall to hang free again, he saw the yellow sheet drop to the
window ledge and slide over out of sight."
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I chose this quotation because it foreshadows the upcoming event: he would go retrieve the yellow paper, which the rest of the story is about.
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