Випадок Чарльза Декстера Варда
Chapter 1
TheholewhereWardclaimedtohavefoundthemwaslongavisiblereality,andWilletthadaveryconvincingfinalglimpseoftheminsurroundingswhichcanscarcelybebelievedandcanneverperhapsbeproved.ThentherewerethemysteriesandcoincidencesoftheOrneandHutchinsonletters,andtheproblemoftheCurwenpenmanshipandofwhatthedetectivesbroughttolightaboutDr.Allen;thesethings,andtheterriblemessageinmedievalminusculesfoundinWillett’spocketwhenhegainedconsciousnessafterhisshockingexperience.
Andmostconclusiveofall,therearethetwohideousresultswhichthedoctorobtainedfromacertainpairofformulaeduringhisfinalinvestigations;resultswhichvirtuallyprovedtheauthenticityofthepapersandoftheirmonstrousimplicationsatthesametimethatthosepaperswereborneforeverfromhumanknowledge.
