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The Pit and the Pendulum 1 He wakes up and feels the stone floor. He also feels the cold, wet walls. He feels around the walls.. 2 With a long, sharp scythe. 3 Eight seconds. 4 After he puts some of the meat on the rope, the rats bite through the rope. The Gold Bug 1 He is a poor man. He has no family, but he has a servant called Jupiter. He is interesting and he has a good education. He is strange and he does not like meeting people. He is quiet but sometimes he talks a lot. 2 Because the heat of the fire shows the secret writing. 3 A ‘glass’ is something you drink from and a telescope. 4 (a) a skull (b) a ledge in the rock of a cliff (c) a tool to dig (d) a tool to measure. 5 Because 8 is the most frequent number in the secret message and E is the most frequent letter in the spelling of English words. 6 Pirates’ golden treasure. The Facts in the Case of Mr Valdemar 1 Because he did not want a painful death. 2 Because he wants to see ...