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The latter tendency had prevailed when he accepted Raymond's invitation, for though his considered judgment had always repudiated the doctor's theories as the wildest nonsense, yet he secretly hugged a belief in fantasy, and would have rejoiced to see that belief confirmed. The horrors that he witnessed in the dreary laboratory were to a certain extent salutary; he was conscious of being involved in an affair not altogether reputable, and for many years afterwards he clung bravely to the commonplace, and rejected all occasions of occult investigation. THE LATTER TENDENCY HAD PREVAILED WHEN HE ACCEPTED RAYMOND'S INVITATION FOR THOUGH HIS CONSIDERED JUDGMENT HAD ALWAYS REPUDIATED THE DOCTOR'S THEORIES AS THE WILDEST NONSENSE YET HE SECRETLY HUGGED A BELIEF IN PHANTASY AND WOULD HAVE REJOICED TO SEE THAT BELIEF CONFIRMED THE HORRORS THAT HE WITNESSED IN THE DREARY LABORATORY WERE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT SALUTARY HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF BEING INVOLVED IN AN AFFAIR NOT ALTOGETHER REPUTABLE AND FOR MANY YEARS AFTERWARDS HE CLUNG BRAVELY TO THE COMMONPLACE AND REJECTED ALL OCCASIONS OF OCCULT INVESTIGATION
e most awful terror. The muscles of her face were hideously convulsed, she shook from head to foot; the soul seemed struggling and shuddering within the house of flesh. It was a horrible sight, and Clarke rushed forward, as she fell shrieking to the floor. Three days later Raymond took Clarke to Mary’s bedside. She was lying wide-awake, rolling her head from side to side, and grinning vacantly. “Yes,” said the doctor, still quite cool, “it is a great pity; she is a hopeless idiot. However, it could not be helped; and, after all, she has seen the Great God Pan.” II MR. CLARKE’S MEMOIRS Mr. Clarke, the gentleman chosen by Dr. Raymond to witness the strange experiment of the god Pan, was a person in whose character caution and curiosity were oddly mingled; in his sober moments he thought of the unusual and eccentric with undisguised aversion, and yet, deep in his heart, there was a wide-eyed inquisitiveness with respect to all the more recondite and esoteric elements in the nature of men.  CHAPTER TWO OF THE GREAT GOD PAN BY ARTHUR MACKIN THIS LIBER FOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CHAPTER TWO MISTER CLARKE'S MEMOIRS MISTER CLARK THE GENTLEMAN CHOSEN BY DOCTOR RAYMOND TO WITNESS THE STRANGE EXPERIMENT OF THE GOD PAN WAS A PERSON IN WHOSE CHARACTER CAUTION AND CURIOSITY WERE ODDLY MINGLED IN HIS SOBER MOMENTS HE THOUGHT OF THE UNUSUAL AND ECCENTRIC WITH UNDISGUISED AVERSION AND YET DEEP IN HIS HEART THERE WAS A WIDE EYED INQUISITIVENESS WITH RESPECT TO ALL THE MORE RECONDITE AND ESOTERIC ELEMENTS IN THE NATURE OF MEN
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