Тень над Иннсмутом
Chapter 4
Theimmediateproblemwashowtoreachtheancientrailway;andInowsawthatthesafestcoursewasaheadtoBabsonStreet;thenwesttoLafayette—thereedgingaroundbutnotcrossinganopenspacehomologoustotheoneIhadtraversed—andsubsequentlybacknorthwardandwestwardinazigzagginglinethroughLafayette,Bates,Adam,andBankstreets—thelatterskirtingtherivergorge—totheabandonedanddilapidatedstationIhadseenfrommywindow.MyreasonforgoingaheadtoBabsonwasthatIwishedneithertorecrosstheearlieropenspacenortobeginmywestwardcoursealongacrossstreetasbroadasSouth.
Startingoncemore,Icrossedthestreettotheright-handsideinordertoedgearoundintoBabsonasinconspicuouslyaspossible.NoisesstillcontinuedinFederalStreet,andasIglancedbehindmeIthoughtIsawagleamoflightnearthebuildingthroughwhichIhadescaped.AnxioustoleaveWashingtonStreet,Ibrokeintoaquietdogtrot,trustingtolucknottoencounteranyobservingeye.NextthecornerofBabsonStreetIsawtomyalarmthatoneofthehouseswasstillinhabited,asattestedbycurtainsatthewindow;buttherewerenolightswithin,andIpasseditwithoutdisaster.
InBabsonStreet,whichcrossedFederalandmightthusrevealmetothesearchers,Iclungascloselyaspossibletothesagging,unevenbuildings;twicepausinginadoorwayasthenoisesbehindmemomentarilyincreased.Theopenspaceaheadshonewideanddesolateunderthemoon,butmyroutewouldnotforcemetocrossit.
