Зов Ктулху

The Horror in Clay

           Ithinkthattheprofessor,too, intendedtokeepsilentregardingthepartheknew, andthathewouldhavedestroyedhisnotes hadnotsuddendeathseizedhim. 

           Myknowledgeofthethingbeganinthewinterof1926-27 withthedeathofmygrand-uncleGeorgeGammellAngell, ProfessorEmeritusofSemiticLanguagesinBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland. ProfessorAngellwaswidelyknownasanauthorityonancientinscriptions, andhadfrequentlybeenresortedtobytheheadsofprominentmuseums; sothathispassingattheageofninety-twomayberecalledbymany. Locally,interestwasintensifiedbytheobscurityofthecauseofdeath.TheprofessorhadbeenstrickenwhilstreturningfromtheNewportboat; fallingsuddenly,aswitnessessaid,afterhavingbeenjostledbyanautical-lookingNegro whohadcomefromoneofthequeerdarkcourts ontheprecipitoushillsidewhichformedashortcutfromthewaterfronttothedeceased’shomeinWilliamsStreet. Physicianswereunabletofindanyvisibledisorder, butconcludedafterperplexeddebatethatsomeobscurelesionoftheheart,inducedbythebriskascentofsosteepahillbysoelderlyaman, wasresponsiblefortheend. AtthetimeIsawnoreasontodissentfromthisdictum, butlatterlyIaminclinedtowonder andmorethanwonder. 

           Asmygrand-uncle’sheirandexecutor,forhediedachildlesswidower, Iwasexpectedtogooverhispaperswithsomethoroughness; andforthatpurposemovedhisentiresetoffilesandboxestomyquartersinBoston. MuchofthematerialwhichIcorrelatedwillbelaterpublishedbytheAmericanArchaeologicalSociety, buttherewasonebox whichIfoundexceedinglypuzzling, andwhichIfeltmuchaversefromshewingtoothereyes. 

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