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Chapter 5

           Mygreat-grandmotherhadbeenaMarshofunknownsourcewhosehusbandlivedinArkhamanddidnotoldZadoksaythatthedaughterofObedMarshbyamonstrousmotherwasmarriedtoanArkhammanthroughtrick?WhatwasittheancienttoperhadmutteredaboutthelineofmyeyestoCaptainObed’s?InArkham,too,thecuratorhadtoldmeIhadthetrueMarsheyes.WasObedMarshmyowngreat-great-grandfather?Whoorwhatthen,wasmygreat-great-grandmother?Butperhapsthiswasallmadness.Thosewhitish-goldornamentsmighteasilyhavebeenboughtfromsomeInnsmouthsailorbythefatherofmygreat-grandmother,whoeverhewas.Andthatlookinthestaring-eyedfacesofmygrandmotherandself-slainunclemightbesheerfancyonmypartsheerfancy,bolsteredupbytheInnsmouthshadowwhichhadsodarklycolouredmyimagination.ButwhyhadmyunclekilledhimselfafteranancestralquestinNewEngland?

           FormorethantwoyearsIfoughtoffthesereflectionswithpartialsuccess.Myfathersecuredmeaplaceinaninsuranceoffice,andIburiedmyselfinroutineasdeeplyaspossible.Inthewinterof1930–31,however,thedreamsbegan.Theywereverysparseandinsidiousatfirst,butincreasedinfrequencyandvividnessastheweekswentby.Greatwateryspacesopenedoutbeforeme,andIseemedtowanderthroughtitanicsunkenporticosandlabyrinthsofweedycyclopeanwallswithgrotesquefishesasmycompanions.Thentheothershapesbegantoappear,fillingmewithnamelesshorrorthemomentIawoke.

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