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Danforth,indeed,isknowntobeamongthefewwhohaveeverdaredgocompletelythroughthatworm-riddledcopyoftheNecronomiconkeptunderlockandkeyinthecollegelibrary.
Thehighersky,aswecrossedtherange,wassurelyvaporousanddisturbedenough;andalthoughIdidnotseethezenith,Icanwellimaginethatitsswirlsoficedustmayhavetakenstrangeforms. Imagination,knowinghowvividlydistantscenescansometimesbereflected,refracted,andmagnifiedbysuchlayersofrestlesscloud,mighteasilyhavesuppliedtherest—and,ofcourse,Danforthdidnothintanyofthesespecifichorrorstillafterhismemoryhadhadachancetodrawonhisbygonereading. Hecouldneverhaveseensomuchinoneinstantaneousglance.
Atthetime,hisshriekswereconfinedtotherepetitionofasingle,madwordofalltooobvioussource: "Tekeli-li!Tekeli-li!"
