When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," in "The Raven", who did he think was outside?

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In "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, when the author first hears the knocking, he assumes it is "some late visitor entreating entrance at [his] chamber door." This is before he discovers that the source of the knocking is actually a raven.

When the Author First Heard the "Rapping at His Chamber