| The story concludes with the narrator requesting for his manuscript to be sealed in a strongbox and not opened until everyone is dead, though this may be closer than he anticipates due to recent events in Russia. The letter concludes with the signature "S_ M_, Major (retired), Baker Street, London, New Albion, 1881. |
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