Острів доктора Моро
Doctor Moreau Explains.
IthoughthimafairspecimenofthenegroidtypewhenIhadfinishedhim,andhelaybandaged,bound,andmotionlessbeforeme.ItwasonlywhenhislifewasassuredthatIlefthimandcameintothisroomagain,andfoundMontgomerymuchasyouare.Hehadheardsomeofthecriesasthethinggrewhuman,—crieslikethosethatdisturbedyouso.Ididn’ttakehimcompletelyintomyconfidenceatfirst.AndtheKanakastoo,hadrealisedsomethingofit.Theywerescaredoutoftheirwitsbythesightofme.IgotMontgomeryovertome—inaway;butIandhehadthehardestjobtopreventtheKanakasdeserting.Finallytheydid;andsowelosttheyacht.Ispentmanydayseducatingthebrute,—altogetherIhadhimforthreeorfourmonths.ItaughthimtherudimentsofEnglish;gavehimideasofcounting;evenmadethethingreadthealphabet.Butatthathewasslow,thoughI’vemetwithidiotsslower.Hebeganwithacleansheet,mentally;hadnomemoriesleftinhismindofwhathehadbeen.Whenhisscarswerequitehealed,andhewasnolongeranythingbutpainfulandstiff,andabletoconversealittle,ItookhimyonderandintroducedhimtotheKanakasasaninterestingstowaway.
"Theywerehorriblyafraidofhimatfirst,somehow,—whichoffendedmerather,forIwasconceitedabouthim;buthiswaysseemedsomild,andhewassoabject,thatafteratimetheyreceivedhimandtookhiseducationinhand.
