Жах Данвіча
Chapter 7
Then,amidstthedismalmoansfromthestableandthedaemoniacpipingofthelatewhippoorwillsintheglen,SelinaFryetotteredtothetelephoneandspreadwhatnewsshecouldofthesecondphaseofthehorror.
Thenextdayallthecountrysidewasinapanic; andcowed,uncommunicativegroupscameandwentwherethefiendishthinghadoccurred. TwotitanswathsofdestructionstretchedfromtheglentotheFryefarmyard,monstrousprintscoveredthebarepatchesofground,andonesideoftheoldredbarnhadcompletelycavedin. Ofthecattle,onlyaquartercouldbefoundandidentified. Someofthesewereincuriousfragments,andallthatsurvivedhadtobeshot. EarlSawyersuggestedthathelpbeaskedfromAylesburyorArkham,butothersmaintaineditwouldbeofnouse. OldZebulonWhateley,ofabranchthathoveredabouthalfwaybetweensoundnessanddecadence,madedarklywildsuggestionsaboutritesthatoughttobepracticedonthehill-tops. Hecameofalinewheretraditionranstrong,andhismemoriesofchantingsinthegreatstonecircleswerenotaltogetherconnectedwithWilburandhisgrandfather.
Darknessfelluponastrickencountrysidetoopassivetoorganizeforrealdefence. Inafewcasescloselyrelatedfamilieswouldbandtogetherandwatchinthegloomunderoneroof; butingeneraltherewasonlyarepetitionofthebarricadingofthenightbefore,andafutile,ineffectivegestureofloadingmusketsandsettingpitchforkshandilyabout.
