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Chapter 5

           )ItsohappenedthatjustbeforehearrivedIhadadelightfullittledream;oneofakindthatIhavehundredsofjustnow.Ihadfallenasleepaboutanhourbeforehecamein,anddreamedthatIwasinsomeroom,notmyown.Itwasalargeroom,wellfurnished,withacupboard,chestofdrawers,sofa,andmybed,afinewidebedcoveredwithasilkencounterpane.ButIobservedintheroomadreadful-lookingcreature,asortofmonster.Itwasalittlelikeascorpion,butwasnotascorpion,butfarmorehorrible,andespeciallyso,becausetherearenocreaturesanythinglikeitinnature,andbecauseithadappearedtomeforapurpose,andboresomemysterioussignification.Ilookedatthebeastwell;itwasbrownincolourandhadashell;itwasacrawlingkindofreptile,abouteightincheslong,andnarroweddownfromthehead,whichwasaboutacoupleoffingersinwidth,totheendofthetail,whichcametoafinepoint.Outofitstrunk,aboutacoupleofinchesbelowitshead,cametwolegsatanangleofforty-fivedegrees,eachaboutthreeincheslong,sothatthebeastlookedlikeatridentfromabove.Ithadeighthardneedle-likewhiskerscomingoutfromdifferentpartsofitsbody;itwentalonglikeasnake,bendingitsbodyaboutinspiteoftheshellitwore,anditsmotionwasveryquickandveryhorribletolookat.Iwasdreadfullyafraiditwouldstingme;somebodyhadtoldme,Ithought,thatitwasvenomous;butwhattormentedmemostofallwasthewonderingandwonderingastowhohadsentitintomyroom,andwhatwasthemysterywhichIfeltitcontained.

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