The lurid presentment so powerfully affected her imagination in the silence of the sleeping house that her nightgown became damp with perspiration, and the bedstead shook with each throb of her heart.

睡觉的屋子里一片寂静，恐怖的场面太强烈了，因而她的想象也就更逼真，吓出了一身冷汗，把睡衣都湿透了，她的心猛烈地跳动着，每跳动一次，床也就震动一下。

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