"'Then why can't I see him?' I asked her, out of patience. ' 'Cause he's dead,' says she. 'Dead?' says I. She just nodded her head, not getting a bit excited, but rockin' back and forth. 'Why-where is he?' says I, not knowing what to say. She just pointed upstairs-like that [Himself pointing to the room above.] I got up, with the idea of going up there. I walked from there to here- then I says, 'Why, what did he die of?' 'He died of a rope round his neck,' says she, and just went on pleatin' at her apron. Well, I went out and called Harry. I thought I might-need help. We went upstairs and there he was lyin'-."
I thought this quote was very interesting. It really gets the reader involved and get your mind wandering. Why isn't the woman upset at all? Did she do it? Who did this? The dashes, -, really explain a lot also. They make it more realistic and makes the mind of the reader to start thinking even more. When he says, "I thought I might- need help." This part makes me wander if he is lying to the police, or if he is changing the story some. The way this whole thing is written makes the readers mind wander and I think it is very strong in that aspect because that is what should be happening when reading a mystery.
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