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This phrase is saying how there was no reason or emotion for the man to feel this way towards the old man. The old man never wronged him or hurt him, it was all the madness of his eye. Was the madness in the story coming from the old man, perhaps his eye, or was it coming from the man telling the story? What are your thoughts? 1197302212 The Tell-Tale Heart