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There, in the doorway, stood an animal, with neck and muzzle thrust forward, its head poking into the night, its whole body poised in that attitude of intense rigidity that precedes the spring into freedom, the running leap of attack. THERE IN THE DOORWAY STOOD AN ANIMAL WITH NECK AND MUZZLE THRUST FORWARD ITS HEAD POKING INTO THE NIGHT ITS WHOLE BODY POISED IN THAT ATTITUDE OF INTENSE RIGIDITY THAT PRECEDES THE SPRING INTO FREEDOM THE RUNNING LEAP OF ATTACK
frantic efforts to escape from the circle of thought and will that held it prisoner, "come a little farther away while I release it." We moved back a dozen yards or so. It was like a scene in some impossible play, or in some ghastly and oppressive nightmare from which I should presently awake to find the blankets all heaped up upon my chest. By some method undoubtedly mental, but which, in my confusion and excitement, I failed to understand, the doctor accomplished his purpose, and the next minute I heard him say sharply under his breath, "It's out! Now watch!" At this very moment a sudden gust from the sea blew aside the mist, so that a lane opened to the sky, and the moon, ghastly and unnatural as the effect of stage limelight, dropped down in a momentary gleam upon the door of Sangree's tent, and I perceived that something had moved forward from the interior darkness and stood clearly defined upon the threshold. And, at the same moment, the tent ceased its shuddering and held still. CHED FOR SOME MINUTES THE FRANTIC EFFORTS TO ESCAPE FROM THE CIRCLE OF THOUGHT AND WILL THAT HELD IT PRISONER COME A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY WHILE I RELEASE IT WE MOVED BACK A DOZEN YARDS OR SO IT WAS LIKE A SCENE IN SOME IMPOSSIBLE PLAY OR IN SOME GHASTLY AND OPPRESSIVE NIGHTMARE FROM WHICH I SHOULD PRESENTLY AWAKE TO FIND THE BLANKETS ALL HEAPED UP UPON MY CHEST BY SOME METHOD UNDOUBTEDLY MENTAL BUT WHICH IN MY CONFUSION AND EXCITEMENT I FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THE DOCTOR ACCOMPLISHED HIS PURPOSE AND THE NEXT MINUTE I HEARD HIM SAY SHARPLY UNDER HIS BREATH IT'S OUT NOW WATCH AT THIS VERY MOMENT A SUDDEN GUST FROM THE SEA BLEW ASIDE THE MIST SO THAT A LANE OPENED TO THE SKY AND THE MOON GHASTLY AND UNNATURAL AS THE EFFECT OF STAGE LIMELIGHT DROPPED DOWN IN A MOMENTARY GLEAM UPON THE DOOR OF SANGREE'S TENT AND I PERCEIVED THAT SOMETHING HAD MOVED FORWARD FROM THE INTERIOR DARKNESS AND STOOD CLEARLY DEFINED UPON THE THRESHOLD AND AT THE SAME MOMENT THE TENT CEASED ITS SHUDDERING AND HELD STILL
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