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           Yettheoutcomewasthesame,forinonefeverish,kaleidoscopicinstantthereburstupfromthatdoomedandaccursedfarmagleaminglyeruptivecataclysmofunnaturalsparksandsubstance;blurringtheglanceofthefewwhosawit,andsendingforthtothezenithabombardingcloudburstofsuchcolouredandfantasticfragmentsasouruniversemustneedsdisown.Throughquicklyre-closingvapourstheyfollowedthegreatmorbiditythathadvanished,andinanothersecondtheyhadvanishedtoo.Behindandbelowwasonlyadarknesstowhichthemendarednotreturn,andallaboutwasamountingwindwhichseemedtosweepdowninblack,froregustsfrominterstellarspace.Itshriekedandhowled,andlashedthefieldsanddistortedwoodsinamadcosmicfrenzy,tillsoonthetremblingpartyrealiseditwouldbenousewaitingforthemoontoshewwhatwasleftdownthereatNahum’s.

           Tooawedeventohinttheories,thesevenshakingmentrudgedbacktowardArkhambythenorthroad.Ammiwasworsethanhisfellows,andbeggedthemtoseehiminsidehisownkitchen,insteadofkeepingstraightontotown.Hedidnotwishtocrossthenighted,wind-whippedwoodsalonetohishomeonthemainroad.Forhehadhadanaddedshockthattheotherswerespared,andwascrushedforeverwithabroodingfearhedarednotevenmentionformanyyearstocome.Astherestofthewatchersonthattempestuoushillhadstolidlysettheirfacestowardtheroad,Ammihadlookedbackaninstantattheshadowedvalleyofdesolationsolatelyshelteringhisill-starredfriend.