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Chapter 2

           Pavementandsidewalkswereincreasinglywell-defined,andthoughmostofthehouseswerequiteoldwoodandbrickstructuresoftheearly19thcenturytheywereobviouslykeptfitforhabitation.AsanamateurantiquarianIalmostlostmyolfactorydisgustandmyfeelingofmenaceandrepulsionamidstthisrich,unalteredsurvivalfromthepast.

           ButIwasnottoreachmydestinationwithoutoneverystrongimpressionofpoignantlydisagreeablequality.Thebushadcometoasortofopenconcourseorradialpointwithchurchesontwosidesandthebedraggledremainsofacirculargreeninthecentre,andIwaslookingatalargepillaredhallontheright-handjunctionahead.Thestructure’soncewhitepaintwasnowgrayandpeelingandtheblackandgoldsignonthepedimentwassofadedthatIcouldonlywithdifficultymakeoutthewords"EsotericOrderofDagon"."This,thenwastheformerMasonicHallnowgivenovertoadegradedcult.AsIstrainedtodecipherthisinscriptionmynoticewasdistractedbytheraucoustonesofacrackedbellacrossthestreet,andIquicklyturnedtolookoutthewindowonmysideofthecoach.

           Thesoundcamefromasquatstonechurchofmanifestlylaterdatethanmostofthehouses,builtinaclumsyGothicfashionandhavingadisproportionatelyhighbasementwithshutteredwindows.ThoughthehandsofitsclockweremissingonthesideIglimpsed,Iknewthatthosehoarsestrokesweretollingthehourofeleven.ThensuddenlyallthoughtsoftimewereblottedoutbyanonrushingimageofsharpintensityandunaccountablehorrorwhichhadseizedmebeforeIknewwhatitreallywas.Thedoorofthechurchbasementwasopen,revealingarectangleofblacknessinside.

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