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Chapter 61

           Heimposedhispresenceonme,thencameslowlydowntheroomtothetable;stoodcentrallyandregallybehinditforanotherlongmoment,thenmovedtotheextremeleftend.BythattimeIhadnotedtheblackgloves,theblackshoesbeneaththenarrowsoutane-likesmockhewore;thathehadtomoveslowlybecausethemaskwasslightlyprecarious,beingsolarge.ThefearIfeltwasthesameoldfear;notoftheappearance,butofthereasonbehindtheappearance.ItwasnotthemaskIwasafraidof,becauseinourcenturywearetooinuredbysciencefictionandtoosureofsciencerealityevertobeterrifiedofthesupernaturalagain;butofwhatlaybehindthemask.Theeternalsourceofallfear,allhorror,allrealevil,manhimself.Anotherfigureappeared,andpaused,astheywerealltodo,inthearchway.Thistimeitwasawoman.ShewasdressedintraditionalEnglishwitchcostume;abrimmedblack-peakedhat,longwhitehair,redapron,blackcloak,andamalevolentmask;abeakednose.Shehobbled,bentbacked,totherightendofthetableandsetthecatshewascarryingonit.Itwasdead,stuffedinasittingposition.Thecat’sglasseyeswereonme.Herblackandwhiteeyes.Andthestagman’s.Anotherstartlingfigure:amaninacrocodileheadabizarremanedmaskthatprojectedforwards,moreNegroidthananythingelse,withferociouswhiteteethandbulgingeyes.Hehardlypaused,butcameswiftlytohisplacebesidethestag,asifthewearerwasuncomfortableincostume;unusedtosuchscenes.

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