Острів доктора Моро
The Sayers of the Law.
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"Noneescape,"saidthemeninthedoor.
"Somegoclawingtrees;somegoscratchingatthegravesofthedead;somegofightingwithforeheadsorfeetorclaws;somebitesuddenly,nonegivingoccasion;someloveuncleanness."
"Noneescape,"saidtheApe-man,scratchinghiscalf.
"Noneescape,"saidthelittlepinksloth-creature.
"Punishmentissharpandsure.ThereforelearntheLaw.Saythewords."
AndincontinentlyhebeganagainthestrangelitanyoftheLaw,andagainIandallthesecreaturesbegansingingandswaying.Myheadreeledwiththisjabberingandtheclosestenchoftheplace;butIkepton,trustingtofindpresentlysomechanceofanewdevelopment.
"Nottogoonall-fours;thatistheLaw.ArewenotMen?"
WeweremakingsuchanoisethatInoticednothingofatumultoutside,untilsomeone,whoIthinkwasoneofthetwoSwineMenIhadseen,thrusthisheadoverthelittlepinksloth-creatureandshoutedsomethingexcitedly,somethingthatIdidnotcatch.Incontinentlythoseattheopeningofthehutvanished;myApe-manrushedout;thethingthathadsatinthedarkfollowedhim(Ionlyobservedthatitwasbigandclumsy,andcoveredwithsilveryhair),andIwasleftalone.ThenbeforeIreachedtheapertureIheardtheyelpofastaghound.
InanothermomentIwasstandingoutsidethehovel,mychair-railinmyhand,everymuscleofmequivering.
