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I replied that I was going to Arkham, and apologised for my rude entry into his domicile, whereupon he continued. I REPLIED THAT I WAS GOING TO ARKUM AND APOLOGIZED FOR MY RUDE ENTRY INTO HIS DOMICILE WHEREUPON HE CONTINUED
nd figure. Of what his clothing consisted I could hardly tell, for it seemed to me no more than a mass of tatters surmounting a pair of high, heavy boots; and his lack of cleanliness surpassed description. The appearance of this man, and the instinctive fear he inspired, prepared me for something like enmity; so that I almost shuddered through surprise and a sense of uncanny incongruity when he motioned me to a chair and addressed me in a thin, weak voice full of fawning respect and ingratiating hospitality. His speech was very curious, an extreme form of Yankee dialect I had thought long extinct; and I studied it closely as he sat down opposite me for conversation. “Ketched in the rain, be ye?” he greeted. “Glad ye was nigh the haouse en’ hed the sense ta come right in. I calc’late I was asleep, else I’d a heerd ye—I ain’t as young as I uster be, an’ I need a paowerful sight o’ naps naowadays. Trav’lin’ fur? I hain’t seed many folks ’long this rud sence they tuk off the Arkham stage.” FENSIVE DESPITE HIS FACE AND FIGURE OF WHAT HIS CLOTHING CONSISTED I COULD HARDLY TELL FOR IT SEEMED TO ME NO MORE THAN A MASS OF TATTERS SURMOUNTING A PAIR OF HIGH HEAVY BOOTS AND HIS LACK OF CLEANLINESS SURPASSED DESCRIPTION THE APPEARANCE OF THIS MAN AND THE INSTINCTIVE FEAR HE INSPIRED PREPARED ME FOR SOMETHING LIKE ENMITY SO THAT I ALMOST SHUDDERED THROUGH SURPRISE AND A SENSE OF UNCANNY INCONGRUITY WHEN HE MOTIONED ME TO A CHAIR AND ADDRESSED ME IN A THIN WEAK VOICE FULL OF FAWNING RESPECT AND INGRATIATING HOSPITALITY HIS SPEECH WAS VERY CURIOUS AN EXTREME FORM OF YANKEE DIALECT I HAD THOUGHT LONG EXTINCT AND I STUDIED IT CLOSELY AS HE SAT DOWN OPPOSITE ME FOR CONVERSATION CATCHED IN THE REIN BE YEA HE GREETED GLAD YE WAS NIGH THE HOUSE AND HAD THE SENSE TO COME RIGHT IN I CALCULATE I WAS ASLEEP ELSE I'D HA HEERD YE I AIN'T AS YOUNG AS I USED TO BE AN I NEED A POWERFUL SIGHT O NAPS NIGH DAYS TRAVELIN FUR I HAIN'T SEEN MANY FOLKS ALONG THIS ROAD SINCE THEY TOOK OFF THE ARKUM STAGE
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