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Chapter 3

           WhenWilburwasayearandsevenmonthsoldinSeptemberof1914hissizeandaccomplishmentswerealmostalarming. Hehadgrownaslargeasachildoffour,andwasafluentandincrediblyintelligenttalker. Heranfreelyaboutthefieldsandhills,andaccompaniedhismotheronallherwanderings. Athomehewouldporediligentlyoverthequeerpicturesandchartsinhisgrandfather’sbooks,whileOldWhateleywouldinstructandcatechizehimthroughlong,hushedafternoons. Bythistimetherestorationofthehousewasfinished,andthosewhowatcheditwonderedwhyoneoftheupperwindowshadbeenmadeintoasolidplankdoor. Itwasawindowintherearoftheeastgableend,closeagainstthehill; andnoonecouldimaginewhyacleatedwoodenrunwaywasbuiltuptoitfromtheground. Abouttheperiodofthiswork’scompletionpeoplenoticedthattheoldtool-house,tightlylockedandwindowlesslyclapboardedsinceWilbur’sbirth,hadbeenabandonedagain. Thedoorswunglistlesslyopen,andwhenEarlSawyeroncesteppedwithinafteracattle-sellingcallonOldWhateleyhewasquitediscomposedbythesingularodourheencountered suchastench,heaverred,ashehadneverbeforesmeltinallhislifeexceptneartheIndiancirclesonthehills,andwhichcouldnotcomefromanythingsaneorofthisearth.Butthen,thehomesandshedsofDunwichfolkhaveneverbeenremarkableforolfactoryimmaculateness. 

           Thefollowingmonthswerevoidofvisibleevents,savethateveryonesworetoaslowbutsteadyincreaseinthemysterioushillnoises. OnMayEveof1915thereweretremorswhicheventheAylesburypeoplefelt,whilstthefollowingHallowe’enproducedanundergroundrumblingqueerlysynchronizedwithburstsofflame‘themwitchWhateleys’doin’s’fromthesummitofSentinelHill. 

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