'Her death,'Usher said blackly, 'will leave me alone in the world, the last of all the Ushers.'
While he was speaking, madeleine passed slowly through the back of the long room and, without noticing me, disappeared. As I looked at her, my eyes felt heavy with sleep, and I had a strange feeling of fear. I looked across at Usher. He had covered his face with his hands, but i could see that he had become even paler, and that he was crying silently.