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"In what way?" asked the clergyman, bristling a trifle. "It is strong medicine for any town dweller, and for some of you it has been too strong. IN WHAT WAY ASKED THE CLERGYMAN BRISTLING A TRIFLE IT IS STRONG MEDICINE FOR ANY TOWN DWELLER AND FOR SOME OF YOU IT HAS BEEN TOO STRONG
ne, and the thought makes me feel safer." We glanced for a moment at a daub which was more like the symptom of a disease than a symbol of the divine—and then took the path round the lagoon. At the far end we made a little fire and lay round it in the shadow of a big boulder. Maloney stopped his humming suddenly and turned to his companion. "And what do you make of it all?" he asked abruptly. "In the first place," replied John Silence, making himself comfortable against the rock, "it is of human origin, this animal; it is undoubted lycanthropy." His words had the effect precisely of a bombshell. Maloney listened as though he had been struck. "You puzzle me utterly," he said, sitting up closer and staring at him. "Perhaps," replied the other, "but if you'll listen to me for a few moments you may be less puzzled at the end—or more. It depends how much you know. Let me go further and say that you have underestimated, or miscalculated, the effect of this primitive wild life upon all of you. TLE EASEL IS A SYMBOL OF THE DIVINE AND THE THOUGHT MAKES ME FEEL SAFER WE GLANCED FOR A MOMENT AT A DOG WHICH WAS MORE LIKE THE SYMPTOM OF A DISEASE THAN A SYMBOL OF THE DIVINE AND THEN TOOK THE PATH ROUND THE LAGOON AT THE FAR END WE MADE A LITTLE FIRE AND LAY ROUND IT IN THE SHADOW OF A BIG BOULDER MALONEY STOPPED HIS HUMMING SUDDENLY AND TURNED TO HIS COMPANION AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT ALL HE ASKED ABRUPTLY IN THE FIRST PLACE REPLIED JOHN SILENCE MAKING HIMSELF COMFORTABLE AGAINST THE ROCK IT IS OF HUMAN ORIGIN THIS ANIMAL IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY LIKE ANTHROPY HIS WORDS HAD THE EFFECT PRECISELY OF A BOMB SHELL MALONEY LISTENED AS THOUGH HE HAD BEEN STRUCK YOU PUZZLE ME UTTERLY HE SAID SITTING UP CLOSER AND STARING AT HIM PERHAPS REPLIED THE OTHER BUT IF YOU'LL LISTEN TO ME FOR A FEW MOMENTS YOU MAY BE LESS PUZZLED AT THE END OR MORE DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU KNOW LET ME GO FURTHER AND SAY THAT YOU HAVE UNDERESTIMATED OR MISCALCULATED THE EFFECT OF THIS PRIMITIVE WILD LIFE UPON ALL OF YOU
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