Острів доктора Моро

Alone with the Beast Folk.

           Everynowandthenhelookedbackatmeoverhisshoulder.Hewentslantingalongthebeach,andvanishedbeneaththedrivingmassesofdensesmokethatwerestillpouringoutfromtheburningenclosure.ForsometimeIstoodstaringafterhim.IturnedtomythreeobedientBeastFolkagainandsignalledthemtodropthebodytheystillcarried.ThenIwentbacktotheplacebythefirewherethebodieshadfallenandkickedthesanduntilallthebrownblood-stainswereabsorbedandhidden.

           Idismissedmythreeserfswithawaveofthehand,andwentupthebeachintothethickets.Icarriedmypistolinmyhand,mywhipthrustwiththehatchetsintheslingofmyarm.Iwasanxioustobealone,tothinkoutthepositioninwhichIwasnowplaced.AdreadfulthingthatIwasonlybeginningtorealisewas,thatoverallthisislandtherewasnownosafeplacewhereIcouldbealoneandsecuretorestorsleep.Ihadrecoveredstrengthamazinglysincemylanding,butIwasstillinclinedtobenervousandtobreakdownunderanygreatstress.IfeltthatIoughttocrosstheislandandestablishmyselfwiththeBeastPeople,andmakemyselfsecureintheirconfidence.Butmyheartfailedme.Iwentbacktothebeach,andturningeastwardpasttheburningenclosure,madeforapointwhereashallowspitofcoralsandranouttowardsthereef.HereIcouldsitdownandthink,mybacktotheseaandmyfaceagainstanysurprise.

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