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Chapter 2

           Certainspotswerealmostforbiddenterritory,ashehadlearnedatconsiderablecost.Onemustnot,forexample,lingermucharoundtheMarshrefinery,oraroundanyofthestillusedchurches,oraroundthepillaredOrderofDagonHallatNewChurchGreen.Thosechurcheswereveryoddallviolentlydisavowedbytheirrespectivedenominationselsewhere,andapparentlyusingthequeerestkindofceremonialsandclericalvestments.Theircreedswereheterodoxandmysterious,involvinghintsofcertainmarveloustransformationsleadingtobodilyimmoralityofasortonthisearth.Theyouth’sownpastorDr.WallaceofAsburyM.E.ChurchinArkhamhadgravelyurgedhimnottojoinanychurchinInnsmouth.

           AsfortheInnsmouthpeopletheyouthhardlyknewwhattomakeofthem.Theywereasfurtiveandseldomseenasanimalsthatliveinburrows,andonecouldhardlyimaginehowtheypassedthetimeapartfromtheirdesultoryfishing.Perhapsjudgingfromthequantitiesofbootlegliquortheyconsumedtheylayformostofthedaylighthoursinanalcoholicstupor.Theyseemedsullenlybandedtogetherinsomesortoffellowshipandunderstandingdespisingtheworldasiftheyhadaccesstootherandpreferablespheresofentity.Theirappearanceespeciallythosestaring,unwinkingeyeswhichoneneversawshutwascertainlyshockingenough;andtheirvoicesweredisgusting.Itwasawfultohearthemchantingintheirchurchesatnight,andespeciallyduringtheirmainfestivalsorrevivals,whichfelltwiceayearonApril30thandOctober31st.

           Theywereveryfondofthewater,andswamagreatdealinbothriverandharbour.SwimmingracesouttoDevilReefwereverycommon,andeveryoneinsightseemedwellabletoshareinthisarduoussport.

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