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Chapter 61

           Thenthethirteenthfigureappeared.Incontrasttotheothershewasinalongwhitesmockoralbthatreachedtotheground;whoseonlydecorationconsistedoftwoblackbandsroundtheendoftheloosesleeves.Hecarriedablackstaffinred-glovedhands.Theheadwasthatofapureblackgoat;arealgoat’shead,wornasakindofcap,sothatitstoodhighofftheshouldersofthepersonbeneath,whoserealfacemusthavelainbehindtheshaggyblackbeard.Hugebackswepthorns,lefttheirnaturalcolors;amberglasseyes;theonlyornament,afatblood-redcandlethathadbeenfixedbetweenthehornsandlit.IwishedIcouldspeak,forIbadlyneededtoshoutsomethingdebunking,somethingadolescentandhealthyandEnglish;a"DoctorCrowley,Ipresume."ButallIcoulddowastocrossmykneesandlookwhatIwasnotunimpressed.Thegoatfigure,hissatanicmajesty,cameforwardwithanarchidiabolicaldignityandIbracedmyselfforthenextdevelopment:ablackmassseemedlikely.Perhapsthetablewastobethealtar.IrealizedthathewaslampooningthetraditionalChristfigure;thestaffwasthepastoralcrook,theblackbeardChrist’sbrownone,theblood-redcandlesomesortofblasphemousparodyofthehalo.Hecametohisplace,thelonglineofblack-carnivalpuppetsstaredatmefromthefloor.Istareddowntheline:thestag-devil,thecrocodile-devil,thevampire,thesuccubus,thebirdwoman,themagician,thecoffin-sedan,thegoat-devil,thejackal-devil,thePierrot-skeleton,thecorndoll,theAztec,thewitch.

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