Ужас Данвича

Chapter 8

           Herefused;intimatingthatitwasofthemostvitalimportanceforhimtocompletethereadingofthediaryandpromisinganexplanationinduecourseoftime. Thatevening,justastwilightfell,hefinishedhisterribleperusalandsankbackexhausted. Hiswife,bringinghisdinner,foundhiminahalf-comatosestate; buthewasconsciousenoughtowarnheroffwithasharpcrywhenhesawhereyeswandertowardthenoteshehadtaken. Weaklyrising,hegatheredupthescribbledpapersandsealedthemallinagreatenvelope,whichheimmediatelyplacedinhisinsidecoatpocket. Hehadsufficientstrengthtogethome,butwassoclearlyinneedofmedicalaidthatDrHartwellwassummonedatonce. Asthedoctorputhimtobedhecouldonlymutteroverandoveragain, ‘Butwhat,inGod’sname,canwedo?’ 

           DrArmitageslept,butwaspartlydeliriousthenextday. HemadenoexplanationstoHartwell,butinhiscalmermomentsspokeoftheimperativeneedofalongconferencewithRiceandMorgan. Hiswilderwanderingswereverystartlingindeed,includingfranticappealsthatsomethinginaboarded-upfarmhousebedestroyed,andfantasticreferencestosomeplanfortheextirpationoftheentirehumanraceandallanimalandvegetablelifefromtheearthbysometerribleelderraceofbeingsfromanotherdimension. Hewouldshoutthattheworldwasindanger,sincetheElderThingswishedtostripitanddragitawayfromthesolarsystemandcosmosofmatterintosomeotherplaneorphaseofentityfromwhichithadoncefallen,vigintillionsofaeonsago. 

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