Острів доктора Моро
How the Beast Folk Taste Blood.
Theywerewretchedinthemselves;theoldanimalhatemovedthemtotroubleoneanother;theLawheldthembackfromabriefhotstruggleandadecisiveendtotheirnaturalanimosities.
InthosedaysmyfearoftheBeastPeoplewentthewayofmypersonalfearforMoreau.Ifellindeedintoamorbidstate,deepandenduring,andalientofear,whichhasleftpermanentscarsuponmymind.ImustconfessthatIlostfaithinthesanityoftheworldwhenIsawitsufferingthepainfuldisorderofthisisland.AblindFate,avastpitilessMechanism,seemedtocutandshapethefabricofexistenceandI,Moreau(byhispassionforresearch),Montgomery(byhispassionfordrink),theBeastPeoplewiththeirinstinctsandmentalrestrictions,weretornandcrushed,ruthlessly,inevitably,amidtheinfinitecomplexityofitsincessantwheels.Butthisconditiondidnotcomeallatonce:IthinkindeedthatIanticipatealittleinspeakingofitnow.
