The Monster

[aduvingion]

Having read the letter in its entirety, he was about to close the volume carefully when he was startled by a loud clattering behind him. He dropped the heavy book on the mantelpiece, sending up a huge cloud of dust that set off a sneezing fit. Even as he tried vainly to control himself, he could not help but wonder what the source of that

Comments

[undoing_]

the beginning reads a little awkwardly -- a bit too long! but it gets better, and the last sentence is the best of all.