Ужас Данвича

           Itwasintruthadiary,asallhadthought; anditwascouchedinastyleclearlyshowingthemixedocculteruditionandgeneralilliteracyofthestrangebeingwhowroteit. AlmostthefirstlongpassagethatArmitagedeciphered,anentrydatedNovember26,1916,provedhighlystartlinganddisquieting. Itwaswritten,heremembered,byachildofthreeandahalfwholookedlikealadoftwelveorthirteen. 

           TodaylearnedtheAklofortheSabaoth(itran),whichdidnotlike,itbeinganswerablefromthehillandnotfromtheair. ThatupstairsmoreaheadofmethanIhadthoughtitwouldbe,andisnotliketohavemuchearthbrain. ShotElamHutchins’scollieJackwhenhewenttobiteme,andElamsayshewouldkillmeifhedast. Iguesshewon’t. GrandfatherkeptmesayingtheDhoformulalastnight,andIthinkIsawtheinnercityatthe2magneticpoles. Ishallgotothosepoleswhentheearthisclearedoff,ifIcan’tbreakthroughwiththeDho–HnaformulawhenIcommitit. TheyfromtheairtoldmeatSabbatthatitwillbeyearsbeforeIcanclearofftheearth,andIguessgrandfatherwillbedeadthen,soIshallhavetolearnalltheanglesoftheplanesandalltheformulasbetweentheYrandtheNhhngr. Theyfromoutsidewillhelp,buttheycannottakebodywithouthumanblood. Thatupstairslooksitwillhavetherightcast. IcanseeitalittlewhenImaketheVoorishsignorblowthepowderofIbnGhaziatit,anditisnearlikethematMayEveontheHill.Theotherfacemaywearoffsome.