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But, when I heard that howling rise to heaven, the breath caught and strangled in my throat and it seemed that my heart missed a beat; for, though the sound was entirely animal, it was at the same time entirely human. BUT WHEN I HEARD THAT HOWLING RISE TO HEAVEN THE BREATH CAUGHT AND STRANGLED IN MY THROAT AND IT SEEMED THAT MY HEART MISSED A BEAT FOR THOUGH THE SOUND WAS ENTIRELY ANIMAL IT WAS AT THE SAME TIME ENTIRELY HUMAN
ses. It was all absurd and fantastic; it would pass. And then, sounding across this sea of mental confusion like a bell through a fog, came the voice of John Silence bringing me back to a consciousness of the reality of it all— "Sangree—in his Double!" And when I looked again more calmly, I plainly saw that it was indeed the face of the Canadian, but his face turned animal, yet mingled with the brute expression a curiously pathetic look like the soul seen sometimes in the yearning eyes of a dog,—the face of an animal shot with vivid streaks of the human. The doctor called to him softly under his breath— "Sangree! Sangree, you poor afflicted creature! Do you know me? Can you understand what it is you're doing in your 'Body of Desire'?" For the first time since its appearance the creature moved. Its ears twitched and it shifted the weight of its body on to the hind legs. Then, lifting its head and muzzle to the sky, it opened its long jaws and gave vent to a dismal and prolonged howling.  FALSE WIZARDRY OF THE SENSES IT WAS ALL ABSURD AND FANTASTIC IT WOULD PASS AND THEN SOUNDING ACROSS THIS SEA OF MENTAL CONFUSION LIKE A BELL THROUGH THE FOG CAME THE VOICE OF JOHN SILENCE BRINGING ME BACK TO A CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE REALITY OF IT ALL SANGREE IN HIS DOUBLE AND WHEN I LOOKED AGAIN MORE CALMLY I PLAINLY SAW THAT IT WAS INDEED THE FACE OF THE CANADIAN BUT HIS FACE TURNED ANIMAL YET MINGLED WITH THE BRUTE EXPRESSION OF A CURIOUSLY PATHETIC LOOK LIKE THE SOUL SEEN SOMETIMES IN THE YEARNING EYES OF A DOG THE FACE OF AN ANIMAL SHOT WITH VIVID STREAKS OF THE HUMAN THE DOCTOR CALLED TO HIM SOFTLY UNDER HIS BREATH SANGREE SANGREE YOU POOR AFFLICTED CREATURE DO YOU KNOW ME CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS YOUR DOING IN YOUR BODY OF DESIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ITS APPEARANCE THE CREATURE MOVED ITS EARS TWITCHED AND IT SHIFTED THE WEIGHT OF ITS BODY ON TO THE HIND LEGS THEN LIFTING ITS HEAD AND MUZZLE TO THE SKY IT OPENED ITS LONG JAWS AND GAVE VENT TO A DISMAL AND PROLONGED HOWLING
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