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Chapter 4
Thedoctortriedtoreconcilethechiseledversionwiththeonewhichstillranpersistentlyinhishead,andfoundithardtodo.Wherethescripthehadmemorizedbegan"Y’ai’ng’ngah,Yog-Sothoth",thisepigraphstartedoutas"Aye,engengah,Yogge-Sothotha";whichtohismindwouldseriouslyinterferewiththesyllabificationofthesecondword.
Groundasthelatertextwasintohisconsciousness,thediscrepancydisturbedhim;andhefoundhimselfchantingthefirstoftheformulaealoudinanefforttosquarethesoundheconceivedwiththelettershefoundcarved.Weirdandmenacinginthatabyssofantiqueblasphemyranghisvoice;itsaccentskeyedtoadroningsing-songeitherthroughthespellofthepastandtheunknown,orthroughthehellishexampleofthatdull,godlesswailfromthepitswhoseinhumancadencesroseandfellrhythmicallyinthedistancethroughthestenchandthedarkness.
Y’ai’Ng’ngah,
Yog-Sothoth
H’ee-L’geb
F’aiThrodo
Uaaah!
Butwhatwasthiscoldwindwhichhadsprungintolifeattheveryoutsetofthechant?Thelampsweresputteringwoefully,andthegloomgrewsodensethatthelettersonthewallnearlyfadedfromsight.Therewassmoke,too,andanacridodorwhichquitedrownedoutthestenchfromthefar-awaywells;anodorlikethathehadsmeltbefore,yetinfinitelystrongerandmorepungent
