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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: complete the reading of the diary and promising an explanation
in due course of time. That evening, just as twilight fell, he
finished his terrible perusal and sank back exhausted. His wife,
bringing his dinner, found him in a half-comatose state; but he
was conscious enough to warn her off with a sharp cry when he
saw her eyes wander toward the notes he had taken. Weakly rising,
he gathered up the scribbled papers and sealed them all in a great
envelope, which he immediately placed in his inside coat pocket.
He had sufficient strength to get home, but was so clearly in
need of medical aid that Dr Hartwell was summoned at once. As
the doctor put him to bed he could only mutter over and over again,
The Dunwich Horror |
