"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" - читать интересную книгу автора (Poe Edgar Allan)

creature fastened itself upon a small artery in the right temple.
Its close resemblance to the medicinal leech caused the mistake to
be overlooked until too late.
"N. B. The poisonous sangsue of Charlottesville may always be
distinguished from the medicinal leech by its blackness, and
especially by its writhing or vermicular motions, which very nearly
resemble those of a snake."
I was speaking with the editor of the paper in question, upon the
topic of this remarkable accident, when it occurred to me to ask how
it happened that the name of the deceased had been given as Bedlo.
"I presume," I said, "you have authority for this spelling, but I
have always supposed the name to be written with an e at the end."
"Authority?- no," he replied. "It is a mere typographical error. The
name is Bedlo with an e, all the world over, and I never knew it to be
spelt otherwise in my life."
"Then," said I mutteringly, as I turned upon my heel, "then indeed
has it come to pass that one truth is stranger than any fiction- for
Bedloe, without the e, what is it but Oldeb conversed! And this man
tells me that it is a typographical error."


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