Зов Ктулху

           "Thatisnotdeadwhichcaneternallie, 

           Andwithstrangeaeonsevendeathmaydie." 

           Legrasse,deeplyimpressedandnotalittlebewildered,hadinquiredinvainconcerningthehistoricaffiliationsofthecult.Castro,apparently,hadtoldthetruthwhenhesaidthatitwaswhollysecret. TheauthoritiesatTulaneUniversitycouldshednolightuponeithercultorimage,andnowthedetectivehadcometothehighestauthoritiesinthecountryandmetwithnomorethantheGreenlandtaleofProfessorWebb. 

           ThefeverishinterestarousedatthemeetingbyLegrasse’stale,corroboratedasitwasbythestatuette,isechoedinthesubsequentcorrespondenceofthosewhoattended;althoughscantmentionoccursintheformalpublicationsofthesociety. Cautionisthefirstcareofthoseaccustomedtofaceoccasionalcharlatanryandimposture. LegrasseforsometimelenttheimagetoProfessorWebb,butatthelatter’sdeathitwasreturnedtohimandremainsinhispossession,whereIvieweditnotlongago. Itistrulyaterriblething,andunmistakablyakintothedream-sculptureofyoungWilcox. 

           ThatmyunclewasexcitedbythetaleofthesculptorIdidnotwonder,forwhatthoughtsmustariseuponhearing,afteraknowledgeofwhatLegrassehadlearnedofthecult,ofasensitiveyoungman whohaddreamednotonlythefigureandexacthieroglyphicsoftheswamp-foundimageandtheGreenlanddeviltablet, buthadcomeinhisdreamsuponatleastthreeoftheprecisewordsoftheformulautteredalikebyEsquimaudiabolistsandmongrelLouisianans?