“Or do you like being frightened?” Hugh, though generally intelligent, is dense in certain ways; this is one of them. “Why, of course, I like being frightened,” I said. “I want to be made to creep and creep and creep. Fear is the most absorbing and luxurious of emotions. One forgets all else if one is afraid.” FearHorrorEmotionsGothic Author:E. F. Benson