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"You spoke just now of lycanthropy," said Maloney, looking bewildered and anxious to keep to plain facts evidently; "I think I have come across the word, but really—really—it can have no actual significance to day, can it? YOU SPOKE JUST NOW OF LIKE ANTHROPY SAID MALONEY LOOKING BEWILDERED AND ANXIOUS TO KEEP TO PLAIN FACTS EVIDENTLY I THINK I HAVE COME ACROSS THE WORD BUT REALLY REALLY IT CAN HAVE NO ACTUAL SIGNIFICANCE TO DAY CAN IT
g. One of you has gone wild." He uttered these last words with great emphasis. "Gone savage," he added, looking from one to the other. Neither of us found anything to reply. "To say that the brute has awakened in a man is not a mere metaphor always," he went on presently. "Of course not!" "But, in the sense I mean, may have a very literal and terrible significance," pursued Dr. Silence. "Ancient instincts that no one dreamed of, least of all their possessor, may leap forth—" "Atavism can hardly explain a roaming animal with teeth and claws and sanguinary instincts," interrupted Maloney with impatience. "The term is of your own choice," continued the doctor equably, "not mine, and it is a good example of a word that indicates a result while it conceals the process; but the explanation of this beast that haunts your island and attacks your daughter is of far deeper significance than mere atavistic tendencies, or throwing back to animal origin, which I suppose is the thought in your mind. D FOR SOME OF YOU IT HAS BEEN TOO STRONG ONE OF YOU HAS GONE WILD HE UTTERED THESE LAST WORDS WITH GREAT EMPHASIS GONE SAVAGE HE ADDED LOOKING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER NEITHER OF US FOUND ANYTHING TO REPLY TO SAY THAT THE BRUTE HAS AWAKENED IN A MAN IS NOT A MERE METAPHOR ALWAYS HE WENT ON PRESENTLY OF COURSE NOT BUT IN THE SENSE I MEAN MAY HAVE A VERY LITERAL AND TERRIBLE SIGNIFICANCE PURSUED DOCTOR SILENCE ANCIENT INSTINCTS THAT NO ONE DREAMED OF LEAST OF ALL THEIR POSSESSOR MAY LEAP FORTH ATABISM CAN HARDLY EXPLAIN A ROAMING ANIMAL WITH TEETH AND CLAWS AND SANGUINARY INSTINCTS INTERRUPTED MALONEY WITH IMPATIENCE THE TERM IS OF YOUR OWN CHOICE CONTINUED THE DOCTOR EQUABLY NOT MINE AND IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A WORD THAT INDICATES A RESULT WHILE IT CONCEALS THE PROCESS BUT THE EXPLANATION OF THIS BEAST THAT HAUNTS YOUR ISLAND AND ATTACKS YOUR DAUGHTER IS OF FAR DEEPER SIGNIFICANCE THAN MERE ATAVISTIC TENDENCIES OR THROWING BACK TO ANIMAL ORIGIN WHICH I SUPPOSE IS THE THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND
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