Остров доктора Моро
Alone with the Beast Folk.
PerhapshalfamilealongthebeachIbecameawareofoneofmythreeBeastFolkadvancingoutofthelandwardbushestowardsme.IwasnowsonervouswithmyownimaginingsthatIimmediatelydrewmyrevolver.Eventhepropitiatorygesturesofthecreaturefailedtodisarmme.Hehesitatedasheapproached.
"Goaway!"criedI.
Therewassomethingverysuggestiveofadoginthecringingattitudeofthecreature.Itretreatedalittleway,verylikeadogbeingsenthome,andstopped,lookingatmeimploringlywithcaninebrowneyes.
"Goaway,"saidI."Donotcomenearme."
"MayInotcomenearyou?"itsaid.
"No;goaway,"Iinsisted,andsnappedmywhip.Thenputtingmywhipinmyteeth,Istoopedforastone,andwiththatthreatdrovethecreatureaway.
SoinsolitudeIcameroundbytheravineoftheBeastPeople,andhidingamongtheweedsandreedsthatseparatedthiscrevicefromtheseaIwatchedsuchofthemasappeared,tryingtojudgefromtheirgesturesandappearancehowthedeathofMoreauandMontgomeryandthedestructionoftheHouseofPainhadaffectedthem.Iknownowthefollyofmycowardice.HadIkeptmycourageuptothelevelofthedawn,hadInotallowedittoebbawayinsolitarythought,ImighthavegraspedthevacantsceptreofMoreauandruledovertheBeastPeople.AsitwasIlosttheopportunity,andsanktothepositionofamereleaderamongmyfellows
