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"Before I release it, you shall see for yourself," he said, "that the reality of the werewolf is beyond all question. The matter of which it is composed is, of course, exceedingly attenuated, but you are partially clairvoyant—and even if it is not dense enough for normal sight you will see something." BEFORE I RELEASE IT YOU SHALL SEE FOR YOURSELF HE SAID THAT THE REALITY OF THE WEIRWOOF IS BEYOND ALL QUESTION THE MATTER OF WHICH IT IS COMPOSED IS OF COURSE EXCEEDINGLY ATTENUATED BUT YOU ARE PARTIALLY CLAIRVOYANT AND EVEN IF IT IS NOT DENSE ENOUGH FOR NORMAL SIGHT YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING
he commonplace facts of life as commonplace people know them; and more than once it flashed upon me that the whole scene—people, words, tents, and all the rest of it—were delusions created by the intense excitement of my own mind somehow, and that suddenly the sea-fog would clear off and the world become normal again. The cold air from the sea stung our cheeks sharply as we left the close atmosphere of the little crowded tent. The sighing of the trees, the waves breaking below on the rocks, and the lines and patches of mist driving about us seemed to create the momentary illusion that the whole island had broken loose and was floating out to sea like a mighty raft. The doctor moved just ahead of me, quickly and silently; he was making straight for the Canadian's tent where the sides still boomed and shook as the creature of sinister life raced and tore about impatiently within. A little distance from the door he paused and held up a hand to stop me. We were, perhaps, a dozen feet away. MOTE FROM THE COMMONPLACE FACTS OF LIFE AS COMMONPLACE PEOPLE KNOW THEM AND MORE THAN ONCE IT FLASHED UPON ME THAT THE WHOLE SCENE PEOPLE WORDS TENTS AND ALL THE REST OF IT WERE DELUSIONS CREATED BY THE INTENSE EXCITEMENT OF MY OWN MIND SOMEHOW AND THAT SUDDENLY THE SEA FOG WOULD CLEAR OFF AND THE WORLD WOULD BECOME NORMAL AGAIN THE COLD AIR FROM THE SEA STUNG OUR CHEEKS SHARPLY AS WE LEFT THE CLOSE ATMOSPHERE OF THE LITTLE CROWDED TENT THE SIGHING OF THE TREES THE WAVES BREAKING BELOW ON THE ROCKS AND THE LINES AND PATCHES OF MIST DRIVING ABOUT US SEEMED TO CREATE THE MOMENTARY ILLUSION THAT THE WHOLE ISLAND HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND WAS FLOATING OUT TO SEA LIKE A MIGHTY RAFT THE DOCTOR MOVED JUST AHEAD OF ME QUICKLY AND SILENTLY HE WAS MAKING STRAIGHT FOR THE CANADIAN'S TENT WHERE THE SIDES STILL BOOMED AND SHOOK AS THE CREATURE OF SINISTER LIFE RACED AND TORE ABOUT IMPATIENTLY WITHIN A LITTLE DISTANCE FROM THE DOOR HE PAUSED AND HELD UP A HAND TO STOP ME WE WERE PERHAPS A DOZEN FEET AWAY
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