True! –nervous –very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses –not destroyed –not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily –how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
![“The Tell-Tale Heart” written by Edgar Alan Poe, narrated by Darren Marlar “The Tell-Tale Heart” written by Edgar Alan Poe, narrated by Darren Marlar](https://weirddarkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TheTellTaleHeart-1-900x400.jpg)