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Chapter 5
Dr.Armitage,associatingwhathewasreadingwithwhathehadheardofDunwichanditsbroodingpresences,andofWilburWhateleyandhisdim,hideousaurathatstretchedfromadubiousbirthtoacloudofprobablematricide,feltawaveoffrightastangibleasadraughtofthetomb’scoldclamminess. Thebent,goatishgiantbeforehimseemedlikethespawnofanotherplanetordimension; likesomethingonlypartlyofmankind,andlinkedtoblackgulfsofessenceandentitythatstretchliketitanphantasmsbeyondallspheresofforceandmatter,spaceandtime. PresentlyWilburraisedhisheadandbeganspeakinginthatstrange,resonantfashionwhichhintedatsound-producingorgansunliketherunofmankind’s.
‘MrArmitage,’hesaid,‘Icalc’lateI’vegottotakethatbookhome. They’sthingsinitI’vegottotryundersartenconditionsthatIcan’tgithere,en’it‘udbeamortalsintoletared-taperuleholdmeup. Letmetakeitalong,Sir,an’I’llswartheywun’tnobodyknowthedifference. Idun’tneedtotellyeI’lltakegoodkeerofit. Itwan’tmethatputthisDeecopyintheshapeitis...’
Hestoppedashesawfirmdenialonthelibrarian’sface,andhisowngoatishfeaturesgrewcrafty. Armitage,half-readytotellhimhemightmakeacopyofwhatpartsheneeded,thoughtsuddenlyofthepossibleconsequencesandcheckedhimself. Therewastoomuchresponsibilityingivingsuchabeingthekeytosuchblasphemousouterspheres. Whateleysawhowthingsstood,andtriedtoanswerlightly.
