“He went down in the darkness, and felt his way to the parlor, and then to the mantelpiece. The talisman was in its place, and a horrible fear that the unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son before him ere he could escape from the room seized upon him, and he caught his breath as he found him, and he caught his breath as he found that he had lost the direction of the door. …showed first 75 words of 643 total…

…showed last 75 words of 643 total…disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run to her side, and then to the gate beyond. The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road” (38). All of the things in the paragraphs above are things that want to make the reader keep reading to find out what is going to happen next, they are full of suspense, and the reader will never want to put the book down.