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Chapter 2
Theappearanceofthewholewassomethinglikethis,andalmostunconsciouslythedoctorrealizedthatthesecondhalfwasnomorethanthefirstwrittensyllabicallybackwardwiththeexceptionofthefinalmonosyllablesandoftheoddnameYog-Sothoth,whichhehadcometorecognizeundervariousspellingsfromotherthingshehadseeninconnectionwiththishorriblematter.Theformulaewereasfollows—exactlyso,asWillettisabundantlyabletotestify—andthefirstonestruckanoddnoteofuncomfortablelatentmemoryinhisbrain,whichherecognizedlaterwhenreviewingtheeventsofthathorribleGoodFridayofthepreviousyear.
Y’AI’NG’NGAH OGTHRODAI’F
YOG-SOTHOTH GEB’L-EE’H
H’EE-L’GEB YOG-SOTHOTH
F’AITHRODOG ’NGAH’NGAI’Y
UAAAH ZHRO
Sohauntingweretheseformulae,andsofrequentlydidhecomeuponthem,thatbeforethedoctorknewithewasrepeatingthemunderhisbreath.Eventually,however,hefelthehadsecuredallthepapershecoulddigesttoadvantageforthepresent;henceresolvedtoexaminenomoretillhecouldbringtheskepticalalienistsenmasseforanamplerandmoresystematicraid.Hehadstilltofindthehiddenlaboratory,soleavinghisvaliseinthelightedroomheemergedagainintotheblacknoisomecorridorwhosevaultingechoedceaselesswiththatdullandhideouswhine.
Thenextfewroomshetriedwereallabandoned,orfilledonlywithcrumblingboxesandominous-lookingleadencoffins;butimpressedhimdeeplywiththemagnitudeofJosephCurwen’soriginaloperations.
