Okay, I'll post this in both threads, for those who don't have a copy of the story. The best available text is in The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories, a Penguin trade paperback, which is an annotated edition. For those who don't have access to that, or would prefer to just read the story and join the discussion, but don't like white type on black background (don't blame you, Hoops, and you might keep the following links in mind to save your eyes), there's this:
Dreams in the Witch-House by H. P. Lovecraft
and, for his works in general:
Index of /hp-lovecraft