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Alone with the Beast Folk.

           

           PerhapshalfamilealongthebeachIbecameawareofoneofmythreeBeastFolkadvancingoutofthelandwardbushestowardsme.IwasnowsonervouswithmyownimaginingsthatIimmediatelydrewmyrevolver.Eventhepropitiatorygesturesofthecreaturefailedtodisarmme.Hehesitatedasheapproached.

           "Goaway!"criedI.

           Therewassomethingverysuggestiveofadoginthecringingattitudeofthecreature.Itretreatedalittleway,verylikeadogbeingsenthome,andstopped,lookingatmeimploringlywithcaninebrowneyes.

           "Goaway,"saidI."Donotcomenearme."

           "MayInotcomenearyou?"itsaid.

           "No;goaway,"Iinsisted,andsnappedmywhip.Thenputtingmywhipinmyteeth,Istoopedforastone,andwiththatthreatdrovethecreatureaway.

           SoinsolitudeIcameroundbytheravineoftheBeastPeople,andhidingamongtheweedsandreedsthatseparatedthiscrevicefromtheseaIwatchedsuchofthemasappeared,tryingtojudgefromtheirgesturesandappearancehowthedeathofMoreauandMontgomeryandthedestructionoftheHouseofPainhadaffectedthem.Iknownowthefollyofmycowardice.HadIkeptmycourageuptothelevelofthedawn,hadInotallowedittoebbawayinsolitarythought,ImighthavegraspedthevacantsceptreofMoreauandruledovertheBeastPeople.AsitwasIlosttheopportunity,andsanktothepositionofamereleaderamongmyfellows

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