Похований з фараонами
Chapter 2
NowIsawthatitwascontinuingtopile,asnoropeofnormallengthcouldpossiblydo. Itgainedinmomentumandbecameanavalancheofhemp,accumulatingmountainouslyonthefloorandhalfburyingmebeneathitsswiftlymultiplyingcoils. SoonIwascompletelyengulfedandgaspingforbreathastheincreasingconvolutionssubmergedandstifledme.
Mysensestotteredagain,andIvaguelytriedtofightoffamenacedesperateandineluctable. ItwasnotmerelythatIwastorturedbeyondhumanendurance—notmerelythatlifeandbreathseemedtobecrushedslowlyoutofme—itwastheknowledgeofwhatthoseunnaturallengthsofropeimplied,andtheconsciousnessofwhatunknownandincalculablegulfsofinnerearthmustatthismomentbesurroundingme. Myendlessdescentandswingingflightthroughgoblinspace,then,musthavebeenreal,andevennowImustbelyinghelplessinsomenamelesscavernworldtowardthecoreoftheplanet. Suchasuddenconfirmationofultimatehorrorwasinsupportable,andasecondtimeIlapsedintomercifuloblivion.
WhenIsayoblivion,IdonotimplythatIwasfreefromdreams. Onthecontrary,myabsencefromtheconsciousworldwasmarkedbyvisionsofthemostunutterablehideousness.God!...
