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The Reversion of the Beast Folk.

           (Canyouimaginelanguage,onceclear-cutandexact,softeningandguttering,losingshapeandimport,becomingmerelimpsofsoundagain?)Andtheywalkederectwithanincreasingdifficulty.Thoughtheyevidentlyfeltashamedofthemselves,everynowandthenIwouldcomeupononeoranotherrunningontoesandfinger-tips,andquiteunabletorecovertheverticalattitude.Theyheldthingsmoreclumsily;drinkingbysuction,feedingbygnawing,grewcommonereveryday.IrealisedmorekeenlythaneverwhatMoreauhadtoldmeaboutthe"stubbornbeast-flesh."Theywerereverting,andrevertingveryrapidly.

           Someofthemthepioneersinthis,Inoticedwithsomesurprise,wereallfemalesbegantodisregardtheinjunctionofdecency,deliberatelyforthemostpart.Othersevenattemptedpublicoutragesupontheinstitutionofmonogamy.ThetraditionoftheLawwasclearlylosingitsforce.Icannotpursuethisdisagreeablesubject.

           MyDog-manimperceptiblyslippedbacktothedogagain;daybydayhebecamedumb,quadrupedal,hairy.Iscarcelynoticedthetransitionfromthecompaniononmyrighthandtothelurchingdogatmyside.

           Asthecarelessnessanddisorganisationincreasedfromdaytoday,thelaneofdwellingplaces,atnotimeverysweet,becamesoloathsomethatIleftit,andgoingacrosstheislandmademyselfahovelofboughsamidtheblackruinsofMoreau’senclosure.Somememoryofpain,Ifound,stillmadethatplacethesafestfromtheBeastFolk.

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