{"product_id":"9783962723866","title":"A Whim, and Its Consequences: Restored Classics to Go Edition","description":"Excerpt: \"A solitary room at midnight: a single wax candle lighted on the table: the stiff dull crimson silken curtains of the bed close drawn: half a dozen phials and two or three glasses. Is it the chamber of a sick man? He must sleep sound if it be, for there is no noise-not even a breath; and all without is as still as death. There is awe in the silence; the candle sheds gloom, not light, the damask hanging sucks up the rays, and gives nothing back: they sink into the dark wood furniture: one could hear a mouse creep over the thick carpet; but there is no sound! Is it the chamber of the dead? But where is the watcher?-Away! and what matters it here? No one will come to disturb the rest of that couch: no brawling voices, no creaking doors will make vibrate the dull cold ear of death. Watch ye the living! The dead need no watching: the sealed eyes and the clayed ears have sleep that cannot be broken. But is it the watcher who comes back again through that slowly opening door? No, that is a man; and we give all the more sad and solemn tasks of life to women.\" This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.","brand":"Otbebookpublishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46354255773937,"sku":"9783962723866","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9783962723866_p0.jpg?v=1765932390","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783962723866","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}