Остров доктора Моро

Doctor Moreau Explains.

           IthoughthimafairspecimenofthenegroidtypewhenIhadfinishedhim,andhelaybandaged,bound,andmotionlessbeforeme.ItwasonlywhenhislifewasassuredthatIlefthimandcameintothisroomagain,andfoundMontgomerymuchasyouare.Hehadheardsomeofthecriesasthethinggrewhuman,crieslikethosethatdisturbedyouso.Ididn’ttakehimcompletelyintomyconfidenceatfirst.AndtheKanakastoo,hadrealisedsomethingofit.Theywerescaredoutoftheirwitsbythesightofme.IgotMontgomeryovertomeinaway;butIandhehadthehardestjobtopreventtheKanakasdeserting.Finallytheydid;andsowelosttheyacht.Ispentmanydayseducatingthebrute,altogetherIhadhimforthreeorfourmonths.ItaughthimtherudimentsofEnglish;gavehimideasofcounting;evenmadethethingreadthealphabet.Butatthathewasslow,thoughI’vemetwithidiotsslower.Hebeganwithacleansheet,mentally;hadnomemoriesleftinhismindofwhathehadbeen.Whenhisscarswerequitehealed,andhewasnolongeranythingbutpainfulandstiff,andabletoconversealittle,ItookhimyonderandintroducedhimtotheKanakasasaninterestingstowaway.

           "Theywerehorriblyafraidofhimatfirst,somehow,whichoffendedmerather,forIwasconceitedabouthim;buthiswaysseemedsomild,andhewassoabject,thatafteratimetheyreceivedhimandtookhiseducationinhand.

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