Зов Ктулху
The Horror in Clay
HerelikewisearamblinglettertotheeditorofapaperinSouthAmerica, whereafanaticdeducesadirefuture fromvisionshehasseen.
AdespatchfromCaliforniadescribesatheosophistcolony asdonningwhiterobesenmasseforsome "gloriousfulfillment"whichneverarrives, whilstitemsfromIndiaspeakguardedlyofseriousnativeunresttowardtheendofMarch. VoodooorgiesmultiplyinHayti, andAfricanoutpostsreportominousmutterings. AmericanofficersinthePhilippinesfindcertaintribesbothersomeatthistime, andNewYorkpolicemenaremobbedbyhystericalLevantines onthenightofMarch22-23. ThewestofIreland,too,isfullofwildrumourandlegendry, andafantasticpainternamedArdois-Bonnothangsablasphemous"DreamLandscape"intheParisspringsalonof1926. Andsonumerousaretherecordedtroublesininsaneasylums, thatonlyamiraclecanhavestoppedthemedicalfraternityfromnotingstrangeparallelisms anddrawingmystifiedconclusions. Aweirdbunchofcuttings,alltold; andIcanatthisdatescarcelyenvisagethecallousrationalismwithwhichIsetthemaside. ButIwasthenconvincedthatyoungWilcoxhadknownoftheoldermatters mentionedbytheprofessor.
