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The narrator is reading but becomes interrupted when there is a knock at the door. -
He stared into the dark hallway, thinking for a moment. The silence is broken by a whisper mentioning the words "Lenore?" -
The narrator is grieving over one called "Lenore". -
The narrator then hears strange rustling in the curtains and becomes fearful. He mutters the words, Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—
This it is and nothing more.” -
The narrator hesitantly answers the knocking again, opens the door, only to see nothing but darkness.