Поклик Ктулху
"Thatisnotdeadwhichcaneternallie,
Andwithstrangeaeonsevendeathmaydie."
Legrasse,deeplyimpressedandnotalittlebewildered,hadinquiredinvainconcerningthehistoricaffiliationsofthecult.Castro,apparently,hadtoldthetruthwhenhesaidthatitwaswhollysecret. TheauthoritiesatTulaneUniversitycouldshednolightuponeithercultorimage,andnowthedetectivehadcometothehighestauthoritiesinthecountryandmetwithnomorethantheGreenlandtaleofProfessorWebb.
ThefeverishinterestarousedatthemeetingbyLegrasse’stale,corroboratedasitwasbythestatuette,isechoedinthesubsequentcorrespondenceofthosewhoattended;althoughscantmentionoccursintheformalpublicationsofthesociety. Cautionisthefirstcareofthoseaccustomedtofaceoccasionalcharlatanryandimposture. LegrasseforsometimelenttheimagetoProfessorWebb,butatthelatter’sdeathitwasreturnedtohimandremainsinhispossession,whereIvieweditnotlongago. Itistrulyaterriblething,andunmistakablyakintothedream-sculptureofyoungWilcox.
ThatmyunclewasexcitedbythetaleofthesculptorIdidnotwonder,forwhatthoughtsmustariseuponhearing,afteraknowledgeofwhatLegrassehadlearnedofthecult,ofasensitiveyoungman whohaddreamednotonlythefigureandexacthieroglyphicsoftheswamp-foundimageandtheGreenlanddeviltablet, buthadcomeinhisdreamsuponatleastthreeoftheprecisewordsoftheformulautteredalikebyEsquimaudiabolistsandmongrelLouisianans?