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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: that the conflict was averted. Either the dark ship would seek
reinforcements or the crew would try to land elsewhere on the
island; hence a party of scouts was at once sent up toward the
pinnacle to see what the enemy's course would be.
In a very
few minutes the ghoul returned breathless to say that the moonbeasts
and almost-humans were landing on the outside of the more easterly
of the rugged grey headlands, and ascending by hidden paths and
ledges which a goat could scarcely tread in safety. Almost immediately
afterward the galley was sighted again through the flume-like
strait, but only for a second. Then a few moments later, a second
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
