Жах Данвіча
Chapter 10
‘Fifteenyear’gone,’herambled,‘IheeredOl’Whateleysayashaowsomedaywe’dhearachildo’Lavinny’sa-callin’itsfather’snameonthetopo’SentinelHill...’
ButJoeOsborninterruptedhimtoquestiontheArkhammenanew.
‘Whatwasit,anyhaow,an’haoweverdidyoungWizardWhateleycallitaouto’theairitcomefrom?’
Armitagechosehiswordsverycarefully.
‘Itwas—well,itwasmostlyakindofforcethatdoesn’tbelonginourpartofspace; akindofforcethatactsandgrowsandshapesitselfbyotherlawsthanthoseofoursortofNature. Wehavenobusinesscallinginsuchthingsfromoutside,andonlyverywickedpeopleandverywickedcultsevertryto. TherewassomeofitinWilburWhateleyhimself—enoughtomakeadevilandaprecociousmonsterofhim,andtomakehispassingoutaprettyterriblesight. I’mgoingtoburnhisaccurseddiary,andifyoumenarewiseyou’lldynamitethataltar-stoneupthere,andpulldownalltheringsofstandingstonesontheotherhills. ThingslikethatbroughtdownthebeingsthoseWhateleysweresofondof—thebeingstheyweregoingtoletintangiblytowipeoutthehumanraceanddragtheearthofftosomenamelessplaceforsomenamelesspurpose.
‘Butastothisthingwe’vejustsentback—theWhateleysraiseditforaterriblepartinthedoingsthatweretocome. ItgrewfastandbigfromthesamereasonthatWilburgrewfastandbig—butitbeathimbecauseithadagreatershareoftheoutsidenessinit.
