Тінь над Іннсмутом

Chapter 4

           DuringmysecondpauseIbegantodetectafreshdistributionofvaguesounds;anduponlookingcautiouslyoutfromcoverbeheldamotorcardartingacrosstheopenspace,boundoutwardalongEliotStreet,whichthereintersectsbothBabsonandLafayette.

           AsIwatchedchokedbyasuddenriseinthefishyodourafterashortabatementIsawabandofuncouth,crouchingshapeslopingandshamblinginthesamedirection;andknewthatthismustbethepartyguardingtheIpswichroad,sincethathighwayformsanextensionofEliotStreet.TwoofthefiguresIglimpsedwereinvoluminousrobes,andoneworeapeakeddiademwhichglistenedwhitelyinthemoonlight.Thegaitofthisfigurewassooddthatitsentachillthroughmeforitseemedtomethecreaturewasalmosthopping.

           WhenthelastofthebandwasoutofsightIresumedmyprogress;dartingaroundthecornerintoLafayetteStreet,andcrossingEliotveryhurriedlyleststragglersofthepartybestilladvancingalongthatthoroughfare.IdidhearsomecroakingandclatteringsoundsfarofftowardTownSquare,butaccomplishedthepassagewithoutdisaster.Mygreatestdreadwasinre-crossingbroadandmoonlitSouthStreetwithitsseawardviewandIhadtonervemyselffortheordeal.Someonemighteasilybelooking,andpossibleEliotStreetstragglerscouldnotfailtoglimpsemefromeitheroftwopoints.AtthelastmomentIdecidedIhadbetterslackenmytrotandmakethecrossingasbeforeintheshamblinggaitofanaverageInnsmouthnative.

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