THE KING IN YELLOW - 1 - THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS - 3

by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS in English Horror Stories

III One morning early in May I stood before the steel safe in my bedroom, trying on the golden jewelled crown. The diamonds flashed fire as I turned to the mirror, and the heavy beaten gold burned like a ...Read Moreabout my head. I remembered Camilla's agonized scream and the awful words echoing through the dim streets of Carcosa. They were the last lines in the first act, and I dared not think of what followed—dared not, even in the spring sunshine, there in my own room, surrounded with familiar objects, reassured by the bustle from the street and the Read Less