The Woman in Black fear quotes

• ‘Doubtless, in such a place as this, with its eerie marshes, sudden fogs, moaning winds… any poor old woman might be looked at askance; once upon a time, after all, she would have been branded as a witch…’
• ‘Mr. Jerome looked frozen, pale, his throat moving as if he were unable to utter.’
• ‘I stood absolutely helpless in the mist that clouded me and everything from my sight, almost weeping in an agony of fear and frustration, and I knew that I was hearing… appalling last noises of a pony and trap, carrying a child in it…’
• ‘For how long I sat there, in extremes of despair and fearfulness, I do not know.’
• ‘I had been as badly frightened as a man could be. I did not think that I would be the first to run from physical risks and dangers, although I had no reason to suppose myself markedly braver than the next person.’
• ‘But at my feet, the dog Spider began to whine, a thin, pitiful, frightened moan, and to back away from the door a little and press against my legs.’
• ‘My whole body was trembling, my mouth dry, the palms of my hands sore where I had dug my nails into them as I had stood…’
• ‘In a curious way, it was her fearfulness that persuaded me that I must retain control of myself…’
• ‘My fear reached a new height, until for a minute I thought I would die of it, was dying, for I could not conceive of a man being able to endure such shocks and starts…’
• ‘I was paralyzed, rooted to the spot on which I stood, and all the world went dark around me and the shouts and happy cries of all the children faded.’