oiceinthedark
beganintoningadlitany,linebyline,andiandtheresttorepeatitastheydidso,theyssideto
sideintheoddesttheirhandsupontheir
knees;andifollopleiuldhave
iginediher
darkhut,thesegrotesquediigures,justfleckedhereandtherebyaglieroflight,andallofthewayinginunisonandchanting,
nottogoonallfours;thatisthelaw
areen
nottosuckupdrink;thatisthelaware
en
nottoeatfishorflesh;thatisthelaw
areen
nottoclahebarkoftrees;thatisthe
laen
nottoen;thatisthelaw
areentheislandofdooreau
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andsofroheprohibitionoftheseactsoffolly,ontotheprohibitionofaddest,
stiossible,andstindecentthingsoneuldwelligineakindofrhythcfervourfellonallofus;wegabbledandserandfaster,repeatingthis
azinglahentagionofthesebrutes
e,butdeepdoethelaughterand
disguststruggledtogetherhroughalonglistofprohibitions,andthenthechantsoanew
forla
hisisthehouseofpain
hisisthehandthatkes
hisisthehandthatwounds
hisisthehandthatheals
andsoonforanotherlongseries,stlyquite
inprehensiblegibberishtoabouthiwhoeverheghtbeiuldhavefanciedit,butnever
beforehaveiheardchantinginadrea
hisisthelightningflash,hedeep,
saltsea
ahorriblefanoreau,after
anilisingthesen,hadinfectedtheirdwarfedbrainsselfhooreau
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keenlyaeto
stopchantingonthatacunt
hisarethestarsinthesky
atlastthatsongendedisaansface
shiningyeyesbeingnow
accustodtothedarkness,isaoredistinctlythefigureintheerfroithe
sizeofan,butitseedveredhadullgreyhair
alstlikeaskyeterrierhey
alligineyourselfsurroundedbyallthesthorriblecripplesandniacsitispossibletonceive,andyouyunderstandalittleoffeelingshthesegrotesqueanityabout
heisafiven,afiven,afivenlike,
saidtheapen
iheldouthandsthegreycreatureintheer
leantforward
nottorunonallfours;thatisthela
nhesaid
heputoutastrangelydistortedtalonandgrippedfingersthethingostlikethehoofofadeer
producedintoclahsurpriseand
painhisfae
fororeau
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haquiveringdisgustthatithefaceofneithernnorbeast,butareshockofgreyhair,hthree
shadoarktheeyesanduth
hehaslittlenails,saidthisgrislycreatureinhishairybearditiswell
hethreyhanddoinctivelyigripped
stick
eatrootsandherbs;itishisan
iahesayerofthelahegreyfigurehere
eallthatbeneoleathelainthedarkness
andsaythelaw
itisevenso,saidoneofthebeastsinthedoorwayevilarethepunishntsofthosehelaw
noneescape
noneescape,saidthebeastfolk,glancingfurtivelyatoneanother
none,none,saidtheapen,noneescapeseei
didalittlething,ahing,onceijabbered,
jabbered,stoppedtalkingnoneuldunderstandiabr >but,brandedinthehandheisgreatheisgood
noneescape,saidthegreycreatureintheer
noneescape,saidthebeastpeople,lookingaskanceatoneanothertheislandofdooreau
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foreveryohethatisbad,saidthegreysayer
ofthelayouknow;we
shallknoeove,to
chandslinkandandspring;tokillandbite,bitedeepandrich,suckingtheblooditisbadnottochaseothe;thatisthelaennottoeat
fleshorfish;thatisthelaen
noneescape,saidadappledbrutestandinginthedoorway
foreveryoheisbad,saidthegreysayerof
thelaetogotearinghteethandhands
intotherootsofthings,snuffingintotheearthitisbadnoneescape,saidtheninthedoor
sogoclaegoscratchingatthe
gravesofthedead;sogofightinghforeheadsorfeetore
loveuncleanness
noneescape,saidtheapen,scratchinghiscalfnoneescape,saidthelittlepinkslothcreaturepunishntissharpandsurethereforeleathelawsaythewords
andinntinentlyhebeganagainthestrangelitanyofthelahesecreaturesbegansinging
andsyheadreeledoreau
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closestenchoftheplace;butikepton,trustingtofindpresentlysochanceofaneent
nottogoonallfours;thatisthela
n
hatinoticednothingof
atultoutside,untilsoone,hinkwasoneof
thetenihadseen,thrusthisheadoverthe
littlepinkslothethingexcitedly,
sothingthatididnotcatchinntinentlythoseattheopeningofthehutvanished;apenrushedout;thethingthathadsatinthedarkfolloionly
observedthatitsy,andveredh
silveryhair,andialonethenbeforeireachedtheapertureiheardtheyelpofastaghound
inanothetiandingoutsidethehovel,
equivering
beforesybacksofperhapsasreof
thesebeastpeople,theirsshapenheadshalfhiddenbytheirshoulderbladestheyiculatingexcitedlyotherhalfanilfacesglaredinterrogationoutofthehovelslookinginthedirectioninheyfaced,isaingthroughthehazeunderthetreesbeyondtheendofthepassageofdensthedarkfigureandaefaoreauheoreau
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