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           NowIsawthatitwascontinuingtopile,asnoropeofnormallengthcouldpossiblydo. Itgainedinmomentumandbecameanavalancheofhemp,accumulatingmountainouslyonthefloorandhalfburyingmebeneathitsswiftlymultiplyingcoils. SoonIwascompletelyengulfedandgaspingforbreathastheincreasingconvolutionssubmergedandstifledme. 

           Mysensestotteredagain,andIvaguelytriedtofightoffamenacedesperateandineluctable. ItwasnotmerelythatIwastorturedbeyondhumanendurance—notmerelythatlifeandbreathseemedtobecrushedslowlyoutofme—itwastheknowledgeofwhatthoseunnaturallengthsofropeimplied,andtheconsciousnessofwhatunknownandincalculablegulfsofinnerearthmustatthismomentbesurroundingme. Myendlessdescentandswingingflightthroughgoblinspace,then,musthavebeenreal,andevennowImustbelyinghelplessinsomenamelesscavernworldtowardthecoreoftheplanet. Suchasuddenconfirmationofultimatehorrorwasinsupportable,andasecondtimeIlapsedintomercifuloblivion. 

           WhenIsayoblivion,IdonotimplythatIwasfreefromdreams. Onthecontrary,myabsencefromtheconsciousworldwasmarkedbyvisionsofthemostunutterablehideousness.God!...