Ужас Данвича

Chapter 7

           AfteraweekofdebateitwassenttoMiskatonicUniversity,togetherwiththedeceased’scollectionofstrangebooks,forstudyandpossibletranslation; buteventhebestlinguistssoonsawthatitwasnotlikelytobeunriddledwithease. NotraceoftheancientgoldwithwhichWilburandOldWhateleyhadalwayspaidtheirdebtshasyetbeendiscovered. 

           ItwasinthedarkofSeptemberninththatthehorrorbrokeloose. Thehillnoiseshadbeenverypronouncedduringtheevening,anddogsbarkedfranticallyallnight. Earlyrisersonthetenthnoticedapeculiarstenchintheair. Aboutseveno’clockLutherBrown,thehiredboyatGeorgeCorey’s,betweenColdSpringGlenandthevillage,rushedfrenziedlybackfromhismorningtriptoTen–AcreMeadowwiththecows. Hewasalmostconvulsedwithfrightashestumbledintothekitchen; andintheyardoutsidethenolessfrightenedherdwerepawingandlowingpitifully,havingfollowedtheboybackinthepanictheysharedwithhim. BetweengaspsLuthertriedtostammerouthistaletoMrsCorey. 

           ‘Uptharintherudbeyonttheglen,Mis’Coreythey’ssuthin’benthar! Itsmellslikethunder,an’allthebushesan’littletreesispushedbackfromtherudlikethey’dahaousebenmovedalongofit. An’thatain’tthewust,nuther. 

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