Chapter 3 TMWWP

Chapter 3 "Steps in the Night"
Meager: sparse 29t
Saloon: Bar room 29m
Pang: sudden sharp pain p30b 34
Shrouds: cloth over a corpse p31m
Rebuked: reprimand sharply p31b
Providential p35 occurring at a favorable (good) time
Fitful: restless35
Vipers: snakes 36
Marred: damaged 36


Sis was the name of Dupin’s late wife
They live on the 4th floor
Edmund and Dupin return to the tenement Sis is not there.
Edmund insists that “it wasn’t Aunty’s dress”
Dupin writes as Edmund goes for food
Dupin drinks and falls asleep.
Edmund hears foot steps in the darkness on the way to the saloon and sees light hair….but the image disappears.
Edmund buys 2 candles and a meat pie.
When Ed leaves the saloon Throck is talking about him when Fortnoy arrives …thin face, high collar and muffler (scarf)
Fortnoy has been following Ed and Dupin and reporting to Throck.
Reward for Mrs G Rachett (London< England)( this is what Throck is working on)
Stepfather”s business Aunty called it shameful
Edmund falls asleep after eating back at the tenement….Dupin hears footsteps in the hall.
Dupin hallucinates and a note is slipped under the door

P.31…..time….it has been barely 24 hours

Study Guide
1. His dead wife’s name
2. to the saloon
3. he writes
4. Aunty’s shadow
5. Fortnoy
6. 1848
7. ate 1/2 the pie
8. a piece of paper