Жах Данвіча
Chapter 10
Itisalmosterroneoustocallthemsoundsatall,sincesomuchoftheirghastly,infra-basstimbrespoketodimseatsofconsciousnessandterrorfarsubtlerthantheear;yetonemustdoso,sincetheirformwasindisputablythoughvaguelythatofhalf-articulatewords. Theywereloud—loudastherumblingsandthethunderabovewhichtheyechoed—yetdidtheycomefromnovisiblebeing. Andbecauseimaginationmightsuggestaconjecturalsourceintheworldofnon-visiblebeings,thehuddledcrowdatthemountain’sbasehuddledstillcloser,andwincedasifinexpectationofablow.
Ygnailh...ygnaiih...thflthkh’ngha...Yog–Sothoth...rangthehideouscroakingoutofspace. Y’bthnk...h’ehye—n’grkdl’lh...
Thespeakingimpulseseemedtofalterhere,asifsomefrightfulpsychicstruggleweregoingon.HenryWheelerstrainedhiseyeatthetelescope,butsawonlythethreegrotesquelysilhouettedhumanfiguresonthepeak,allmovingtheirarmsfuriouslyinstrangegesturesastheirincantationdrewnearitsculmination. FromwhatblackwellsofAcheronticfearorfeeling,fromwhatunplumbedgulfsofextra-cosmicconsciousnessorobscure,long-latentheredity,werethosehalf-articulatethunder-croakingsdrawn?Presentlytheybegantogatherrenewedforceandcoherenceastheygrewinstark,utter,ultimatefrenzy.
Eh-y-ya-ya-yahaah—e’yayayaaaa...ngh’aaaaa...ngh’aaa...h’yuh...h’yuh... HELP!HELP!...ff—ff—ff—FATHER!FATHER!YOG-SOTHOTH!...
Butthatwasall.
