Тінь над Іннсмутом

Chapter 2

           Hissonhadformerlyconductedtheofficeinthesquare,butlatterlytheyhadbeenkeepingoutofsightagooddealandleavingthebruntofaffairstotheyoungergeneration.Thesonsandtheirsistershadcometolookveryqueer,especiallytheelderones;anditwassaidthattheirhealthwasfailing.

           OneoftheMarshdaughterswasarepellent,reptilian-lookingwomanwhoworeanexcessofweirdjewelleryclearlyofthesameexotictraditionasthattowhichthestrangetiarabelonged.Myinformanthadnoticeditmanytimes,andhadhearditspokenofascomingfromsomesecrethoard,eitherofpiratesorofdemons.Theclergymenorpriests,orwhatevertheywerecallednowadaysalsoworethiskindofornamentasaheaddress;butoneseldomcaughtglimpsesofthem.Otherspecimenstheyouthhadnotseen,thoughmanywererumouredtoexistaroundInnsmouth.

           TheMarshes,togetherwiththeotherthreegentlybredfamiliesofthetowntheWaites,theGilmans,andtheEliotswereallveryretiring.TheylivedinimmensehousesalongWashingtonStreet,andseveralwerereputedtoharbourinconcealmentcertainlivingkinsfolkwhosepersonalaspectforbadepublicview,andwhosedeathshadbeenreportedandrecorded.

           Warningmethatmanyofthestreetsignsweredown,theyouthdrewformybenefitaroughbutampleandpainstakingsketchmapofthetown’ssalientfeatures.Afteramoment’sstudyIfeltsurethatitwouldbeofgreathelp,andpocketeditwithprofusethanks.DislikingthedinginessofthesinglerestaurantIhadseen,Iboughtafairsupplyofcheesecrackersandgingerwaferstoserveasalunchlateron.Myprogram,Idecided,wouldbetothreadtheprincipalstreets,talkwithanynon-nativesImightencounter,andcatchtheeighto’clockcoachforArkham.

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