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The Horror in Clay

           Therehadbeenaslightearthquaketremorthenightbefore, themostconsiderablefeltinNewEnglandforsomeyears; andWilcox’simaginationhadbeenkeenlyaffected. Uponretiring,hehadhadanunprecedenteddream ofgreatCyclopeancitiesoftitanblocksandsky-flungmonoliths, alldrippingwithgreenoozeandsinisterwithlatenthorror. Hieroglyphicshadcoveredthewallsandpillars,andfromsomeundeterminedpointbelowhadcomeavoice thatwasnotavoice; achaoticsensationwhichonlyfancycouldtransmuteintosound, butwhichheattemptedtorenderbythealmostunpronounceablejumbleofletters, "Cthulhufhtagn". 

           Thisverbaljumblewasthekeytotherecollection whichexcitedanddisturbedProfessorAngell. Hequestionedthesculptorwithscientificminuteness; andstudiedwithalmostfranticintensitythebas-relief onwhichtheyouthhadfoundhimselfworking, chilledandcladonlyinhisnight-clothes,whenwakinghadstolenbewilderinglyoverhim. Myuncleblamedhisoldage,Wilcoxafterwardsaid, forhisslownessinrecognizingbothhieroglyphicsandpictorialdesign. Manyofhisquestionsseemedhighlyout-of-placetohisvisitor, especiallythosewhichtriedtoconnectthelatterwithstrangecultsorsocieties; andWilcoxcouldnotunderstandtherepeatedpromisesofsilence whichhewasofferedinexchangeforanadmissionofmembershipinsomewidespreadmysticalorpaganlyreligiousbody. WhenProfessorAngellbecameconvincedthatthesculptorwasindeedignorant ofanycultorsystemofcrypticlore, hebesiegedhisvisitorwithdemandsforfuturereportsofdreams. Thisboreregularfruit, forafterthefirstinterviewthemanuscriptrecordsdailycallsoftheyoungman, duringwhichherelatedstartlingfragmentsofnocturnalimagery whoseburdenwasalwayssometerribleCyclopeanvistaofdarkanddrippingstone, withasubterrenevoiceorintelligence shoutingmonotonouslyinenigmaticalsense-impactsuninscribablesaveasgibberish. 

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