Острів доктора Моро
How the Beast Folk Taste Blood.
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"Ollendorffianbeggar!"saidMontgomery,"you’llbleedandweepifyoudon’tlookout!"
"Hehasfivefingers,heisafive-manlikeme,"saidtheApe-man.
"Comealong,Prendick,"saidMontgomery,takingmyarm;andIwentonwithhim.
TheSatyrandtheApe-manstoodwatchingusandmakingotherremarkstoeachother.
"Hesaysnothing,"saidtheSatyr."Menhavevoices."
"Yesterdayheaskedmeofthingstoeat,"saidtheApe-man."Hedidnotknow."
Thentheyspokeinaudiblethings,andIheardtheSatyrlaughing.
Itwasonourwaybackthatwecameuponthedeadrabbit.Theredbodyofthewretchedlittlebeastwasrenttopieces,manyoftheribsstrippedwhite,andthebackboneindisputablygnawed.
AtthatMontgomerystopped."GoodGod!"saidhe,stoopingdown,andpickingupsomeofthecrushedvertebraetoexaminethemmoreclosely."GoodGod!"herepeated,"whatcanthismean?"
"Somecarnivoreofyourshasremembereditsoldhabits,"Isaidafterapause."Thisbackbonehasbeenbittenthrough."
Hestoodstaring,withhisfacewhiteandhislippulledaskew."Idon’tlikethis,"hesaidslowly.
"Isawsomethingofthesamekind,"saidI,"thefirstdayIcamehere.
