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           Manypeoplewillprobablyjudgeuscallousaswellasmadforthinkingaboutthenorthwardtunnelandtheabysssosoonafteroursomberdiscovery,andIamnotpreparedtosaythatwewouldhaveimmediatelyrevivedsuchthoughtsbutforaspecificcircumstancewhichbrokeinuponusandsetupawholenewtrainofspeculations. WehadreplacedthetarpaulinoverpoorGedneyandwerestandinginakindofmutebewildermentwhenthesoundsfinallyreachedourconsciousnessthefirstsoundswehadheardsincedescendingoutoftheopenwherethemountainwindwhinedfaintlyfromitsunearthlyheights. Well-knownandmundanethoughtheywere,theirpresenceinthisremoteworldofdeathwasmoreunexpectedandunnervingthananygrotesqueorfabuloustonescouldpossiblyhavebeensincetheygaveafreshupsettingtoallournotionsofcosmicharmony. 

           HaditbeensometraceofthatbizarremusicalpipingoverawiderangewhichLake’sdissectionreporthadledustoexpectinthoseothersandwhich,indeed,ouroverwroughtfancieshadbeenreadingintoeverywindhowlwehadheardsincecomingonthecamphorroritwouldhavehadakindofhellishcongruitywiththeaeon-deadregionaroundus. Avoicefromotherepochsbelongsinagraveyardofotherepochs. Asitwas,however,thenoiseshatteredallourprofoundlyseatedadjustmentsallourtacitacceptanceoftheinnerantarcticasawasteutterlyandirrevocablyvoidofeveryvestigeofnormallife. Whatweheardwasnotthefabulousnoteofanyburiedblasphemyofelderearthfromwhosesupernaltoughnessanage-deniedpolarsunhadevokedamonstrousresponse. 

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