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Chapter 2

           Therewereperhapstenpeoplevisible,andfourorfiveautomobilesandmotortrucksstoodscatteredabout.IdidnotneedtobetoldthatthiswastheciviccentreofInnsmouth.EastwardIcouldcatchblueglimpsesoftheharbour,againstwhichrosethedecayingremainsofthreeoncebeautifulGeorgiansteeples.AndtowardtheshoreontheoppositebankoftheriverIsawthewhitebelfrysurmountingwhatItooktobetheMarshrefinery.

           ForsomereasonorotherIchosetomakemyfirstinquiriesatthechaingrocery,whosepersonnelwasnotlikelytobenativetoInnsmouth.Ifoundasolitaryboyofaboutseventeenincharge,andwaspleasedtonotethebrightnessandaffabilitywhichpromisedcheerfulinformation.Heseemedexceptionallyeagertotalk,andIsoongatheredthathedidnotliketheplace,itsfishysmell,oritsfurtivepeople.Awordwithanyoutsiderwasarelieftohim.HehailedfromArkham,boardedwithafamilywhocamefromIpswich,andwentbackwheneverhegotamomentoff.HisfamilydidnotlikehimtoworkinInnsmouth,butthechainhadtransferredhimthereandhedidnotwishtogiveuphisjob.

           Therewas,hesaid,nopubliclibraryorchamberofcommerceinInnsmouth,butIcouldprobablyfindmywayabout.ThestreetIhadcomedownwasFederal.WestofthatwerethefineoldresidencestreetsBroad,Washington,Lafayette,andAdamsandeastofitweretheshorewardslums.ItwasintheseslumsalongMainStreetthatIwouldfindtheoldGeorgianchurches,buttheywerealllongabandoned.Itwouldbewellnottomakeoneselftooconspicuousinsuchneighbourhoodsespeciallynorthoftheriversincethepeopleweresullenandhostile.Somestrangershadevendisappeared.

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