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The effect of this volume had not left me, and I felt a certain hesitancy in speaking of it; but curiosity overmastered all the vague fears which had steadily accumulated since my first glimpse of the house. THE EFFECT OF THIS VOLUME HAD NOT LEFT ME AND I FELT A CERTAIN HESITANCY IN SPEAKING OF IT BUT CURIOSITY OVERMASTERED ALL THE VAGUE FEARS WHICH HAD STEADILY ACCUMULATED SINCE MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE HOUSE
p, 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.” I replied that I was going to Arkham, and apologised for my rude entry into his domicile, whereupon he continued. “Glad ta see ye, young Sir—new faces is scurce arount here, an’ I hain’t got much ta cheer me up these days. Guess yew hail from Bosting, don’t ye? I never ben thar, but I kin tell a taown man when I see ’im—we hed one fer deestrick schoolmaster in ’eighty-four, but he quit suddent an’ no one never heerd on ’im sence—” Here the old man lapsed into a kind of chuckle, and made no explanation when I questioned him. He seemed to be in an aboundingly good humour, yet to possess those eccentricities which one might guess from his grooming. For some time he rambled on with an almost feverish geniality, when it struck me to ask him how he came by so rare a book as Pigafetta’s Regnum Congo. T 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 I REPLIED THAT I WAS GOING TO ARKUM AND APOLOGIZED FOR MY RUDE ENTRY INTO HIS DOMICILE WHEREUPON HE CONTINUED GLAD TO SEE YOU YOUNG SIR NEW FACES IS SCURCE AROUND HERE AND I HAIN'T GOT MUCH TO CHEER ME UP THESE DAYS GUESS YOU HAIL FROM BOSTON DON'T YE I NEVER BEEN THAR BUT I CAN TELL A TOWN MAN WHEN I SEE HIM WE HAD ONE FOR DESTRICT SCHOOLMASTER IN EIGHTY FOUR BUT HE QUIT SUDDENT AND NO ONE NEVER HEARD OF HIM SINCE HERE THE OLD MAN LAPSED INTO A KIND OF CHUCKLE AND MADE NO EXPLANATION WHEN I QUESTIONED HIM HE SEEMED TO BE IN AN UNBOUNDINGLY GOOD HUMOR YET TO POSSESS THOSE ECCENTRICITIES WHICH ONE MIGHT GUESS FROM HIS GROOMING FOR SOME TIME HE RAMBLED ON WITH AN ALMOST FEVERISH GENIALITY WHEN IT STRUCK ME TO ASK HIM HOW HE CAME BY SO RARE A BOOK AS PIGAFETTA'S REGNUM CONGO
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