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           MythologistshaveplacedLenginCentralAsia;buttheracialmemoryofmanorofhispredecessorsislong,anditmaywellbethatcertaintaleshavecomedownfromlandsandmountainsandtemplesofhorrorearlierthanAsiaandearlierthananyhumanworldweknow. AfewdaringmysticshavehintedataprePleistoceneoriginforthefragmentaryPnakoticManuscripts,andhavesuggestedthatthedevoteesofTsathogguawereasalientomankindasTsathogguaitself. Leng,whereverinspaceortimeitmightbrood,wasnotaregionIwouldcaretobeinornear,nordidIrelishtheproximityofaworldthathadeverbredsuchambiguousandArchaeanmonstrositiesasthoseLakehadjustmentioned. AtthemomentIfeltsorrythatIhadeverreadtheabhorredNecronomicon,ortalkedsomuchwiththatunpleasantlyeruditefolkloristWilmarthattheuniversity. 

           Thismoodundoubtedlyservedtoaggravatemyreactiontothebizarremiragewhichburstuponusfromtheincreasinglyopalescentzenithaswedrewnearthemountainsandbegantomakeoutthecumulativeundulationsofthefoothills. Ihadseendozensofpolarmiragesduringtheprecedingweeks,someofthemquiteasuncannyandfantasticallyvividasthepresentexample; butthisonehadawhollynovelandobscurequalityofmenacingsymbolism,andIshudderedastheseethinglabyrinthoffabulouswallsandtowersandminaretsloomedoutofthetroubledicevaporsaboveourheads. 

           TheeffectwasthatofaCyclopeancityofnoarchitectureknowntomanortohumanimagination,withvastaggregationsofnight-blackmasonryembodyingmonstrousperversionsofgeometricallaws. 

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