No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man--I have been slain by robbers--m — Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man--I have been slain by robbers--m — Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man--I have been slain by robbers--m — Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man--I have been slain by robbers--m — Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man--I have been slain by robbers--m — Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
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No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man--I have been slain by robbers--my body lies at Wurtzburg--at midnight I am to be buried--the grave is waiting for me--I must keep my appointment!

— Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
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