Chapter 6

           ThenonthefifteenthofAprilastrangedevelopmentoccurred.Whilenothingappearedtogrowdifferentinkind,therewascertainlyaveryterribledifferenceindegree;andDr.Willettsomehowattachesgreatsignificancetothechange.ThedaywasGoodFriday,acircumstanceofwhichtheservantsmademuch,butwhichothersquitenaturallydismissasanirrelevantcoincidence.LateintheafternoonyoungWardbeganrepeatingacertainformulainasingularlyloudvoice,atthesametimeburningsomesubstancesopungentthatitsfumesescapedovertheentirehouse.TheformulawassoplainlyaudibleinthehalloutsidethelockeddoorthatMrs.Wardcouldnothelpmemorizingitasshewaitedandlistenedanxiously,andlateronshewasabletowriteitdownatDr.Willett’srequest.Itranasfollows,andexpertshavetoldDr.Willettthatitsverycloseanaloguecanbefoundinthemysticwritingsof"EliphasLevi",thatcrypticsoulwhocreptthroughacrackintheforbiddendoorandglimpsedthefrightfulvistasofthevoidbeyond:

           ’PerAdonaiEloim,AdonaiJehova,

           AdonaiSabaoth,MetratonOnAglaMathon,

           verbumpythonicum,mysteriumsalamandrae,

           conventussylvorum,antragnomorum,

           daemoniaCoeliGad,Almonsin,Gibor,Jehosua,

           Evam,Zariatnatmik,veni,veni,veni.’

           Thishadbeengoingonfortwohourswithoutchangeorintermissionwhenoveralltheneighborhoodapandemoniachowlingofdogssetin.