Collected Fiction Volume 2 (1926-1930): A Variorum Edition (59 page)
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Authors: H. P. Lovecraft
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. this] his D
. this] his D
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. burying-ground] burying ground A, C, D
. burying-ground] burying ground A, C, D
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. Curwen;] Curwen’s; C, D
. Curwen;] Curwen’s; C, D
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. Churchyard] churchyard C
. Churchyard] churchyard C
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. burying-ground] burying ground A
. burying-ground] burying ground A
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. shewn] shown D
. shewn] shown D
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. obiit] obit. C, D
. obiit] obit. C, D
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. Willett,] Willett C
. Willett,] Willett C
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. Ward] Ward, D
. Ward] Ward, D
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. shewing] showing D
. shewing] showing D
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. ancestor] ancester C
. ancestor] ancester C
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. formulae] formula D
. formulae] formula D
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. shewed] showed D
. shewed] showed D
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. cipher (. . .),] cipher, (. . .) A; cipher (. . .) C, D
. cipher (. . .),] cipher, (. . .) A; cipher (. . .) C, D
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. Day] day C, D
. Day] day C, D
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. have’g] hav’g D
. have’g] hav’g D
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. these] thse D
. these] thse D
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. Inducing] inducing D
. Inducing] inducing D
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. ffor] For C, D
. ffor] For C, D
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. Assrtd.] Assrt. C
. Assrtd.] Assrt. C
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. Calamancoes,] Calamancocoes, C, D
. Calamancoes,] Calamancocoes, C, D
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. ffor] For C, D
. ffor] For C, D
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. Elephant 50 Gallon] Elephant 50 gallo C; Elephant, 50 gallon D
. Elephant 50 Gallon] Elephant 50 gallo C; Elephant, 50 gallon D
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. Tonges.] Tongues. C
. Tonges.] Tongues. C
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. ffor Mr. Perrigo] For Mr. Perrigo, C, D
. ffor Mr. Perrigo] For Mr. Perrigo, C, D
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. ffor Mr. Nightingale] For Mr. Nightingale C; For Mr. Nightingale, D
. ffor Mr. Nightingale] For Mr. Nightingale C; For Mr. Nightingale, D
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. can not . . . Use] cannot . . . use C, D
. can not . . . Use] cannot . . . use C, D
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. hath] heath C
. hath] heath C
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. Roodmasses] Roodemasses C, D
. Roodmasses] Roodemasses C, D
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. V . . . IV] V. . . . IV. C
. V . . . IV] V. . . . IV. C
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. Hallows-Eves,] Hallow’s-Eves, C, D
. Hallows-Eves,] Hallow’s-Eves, C, D
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. Come,] Come C, D
. Come,] Come C, D
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. look back] looke back C; looke backe D
. look back] looke back C; looke backe D
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. above] over D
. above] over D
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. pupil] pupil, C
. pupil] pupil, C
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. three-year] three year C
. three-year] three year C
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. places,] places D
. places,] places D
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. London;] London, D
. London;] London, D
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. consumed] concerned D
. consumed] concerned D
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. Bibliothèque] Bibliotheque A, C
. Bibliothèque] Bibliotheque A, C
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. postal cards,] postal cards C; post-cards, D
. postal cards,] postal cards C; post-cards, D
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. January;] January, D
. January;] January, D
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. quarters;] quarters, D
. quarters;] quarters, D
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. 1926,] 1925, C, D
. 1926,] 1925, C, D
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. when . . . cards] when, . . . cards, C, D
. when . . . cards] when, . . . cards, C, D
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. coach,] coach C
. coach,] coach C
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. to] into D
. to] into D
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. tall colonial] tall Colonial A; tall, colonial C, D
. tall colonial] tall Colonial A; tall, colonial C, D
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. facade] façade C, D
. facade] façade C, D
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. Lyman’s] Lyman’s, C
. Lyman’s] Lyman’s, C
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. voice,] voice A, C
. voice,] voice A, C
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. bristled] brisked D
. bristled] brisked D
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. promising] promised D
. promising] promised D
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. library;] library D
. library;] library D
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. long-dead] long dead C, D
. long-dead] long dead C, D
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. morning;] morning, D
. morning;] morning, D
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. appear;] appear, D
. appear;] appear, D
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. four] 4 A
. four] 4 A
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. Amasa] Amosa C, D
. Amasa] Amosa C, D
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. Sergt.] Sergeant C, D
. Sergt.] Sergeant C, D
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. any] any other C
. any] any other C
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. “Levi”,] Levi,” C
. “Levi”,] Levi,” C
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. pandaemoniac] pandemoniac A, C, D
. pandaemoniac] pandemoniac A, C, D
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. hideous,] hideous C, D
. hideous,] hideous C, D
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. archaic] archaick A, C
. archaic] archaick A, C
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. odour] odour, C, D
. odour] odour, C, D
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. lgeb] lglb C, D
. lgeb] lglb C, D
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. throdog”] throdag” C, D
. throdog”] throdag” C, D
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. ear-splitting] earsplitting D
. ear-splitting] earsplitting D
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. deletions.] deletions. ¶ When Mrs. Ward recovered consciousness it was dark, and she had not moved or been moved. Her own scream, if she had given one, could not have been heard above the other din to which the servants had been trained to pay not [
sic
] attention, and although she had A [
excised
]
. deletions.] deletions. ¶ When Mrs. Ward recovered consciousness it was dark, and she had not moved or been moved. Her own scream, if she had given one, could not have been heard above the other din to which the servants had been trained to pay not [
sic
] attention, and although she had A [
excised
]
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. about] a D
. about] a D
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. six; and] six, and, D
. six; and] six, and, D
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. set bowl] setbowl D
. set bowl] setbowl D
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. instincts] instincts, C, D
. instincts] instincts, C, D
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. he,] he C, D
. he,] he C, D
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. hushed] masked D
. hushed] masked D
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. no] not D
. no] not D
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. senses,] sense, C
. senses,] sense, C
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. stopped,] stopped D
. stopped,] stopped D
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. noises,] voices, D
. noises,] voices, D
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. technical] chemical C, D
. technical] chemical C, D
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. poise] poise, C, D
. poise] poise, C, D
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. form . . . mouth.] form, with staring eyes and fear-distorted mouth, had been found an hour before in the basement. D
. form . . . mouth.] form, with staring eyes and fear-distorted mouth, had been found an hour before in the basement. D
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. for ever] forever C
. for ever] forever C
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. cook.] cook. ¶ C, D
. cook.] cook. ¶ C, D
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. crumbling.] crumbling. ¶ Also in this week was a very curious but no doubt irrelevant incident which one of the servants reported upon suddenly leaving without notice. She had been delivering food—an unholy lot of it, as she thought—at the locked attic door when Charles Ward had suddenly appeared at the other end of the corridor. He had said nothing and done nothing to frighten her, but she had been frightened none the less. He had been blundering along, she said, as if he did not know his way; and she had not liked his face at the moment. Mrs. Ward, upon hearing this plaint, at once summoned Charles; who treated the story with amused contempt. He did not seem to frighten the superstitious girl this time, but she nevertheless persisted in her determination to leave. The Charles in the hall upstairs, she insisted, ‘wasn’t the same’. A [
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. crumbling.] crumbling. ¶ Also in this week was a very curious but no doubt irrelevant incident which one of the servants reported upon suddenly leaving without notice. She had been delivering food—an unholy lot of it, as she thought—at the locked attic door when Charles Ward had suddenly appeared at the other end of the corridor. He had said nothing and done nothing to frighten her, but she had been frightened none the less. He had been blundering along, she said, as if he did not know his way; and she had not liked his face at the moment. Mrs. Ward, upon hearing this plaint, at once summoned Charles; who treated the story with amused contempt. He did not seem to frighten the superstitious girl this time, but she nevertheless persisted in her determination to leave. The Charles in the hall upstairs, she insisted, ‘wasn’t the same’. A [
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. be;] be, D
. be;] be, D
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. birth.] birth. ¶ C, D
. birth.] birth. ¶ C, D
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. Late] Later C, D
. Late] Later C, D
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. denials] denials, C, D
. denials] denials, C, D
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. months”,] months,” C
. months”,] months,” C
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. once.] once. The shouting had been in the two distinct voices which Charles had used before; one his known tones, and the other a deep, hollow, and utterly disguised thing which somehow chilled her horribly. The strange voice had been demanding something, and the familiar voice kept replying, “I won’t!”, or “you shan’t do that.” It seemed easier to recall the familiar voice than the strange one, but Mrs. Ward kept one of the alien phrases in mind to tell her husband that evening. It was a sort of throaty gurgle which sounded like: “Where is that ——planted? You get that —— carcass or let me get it. I’ll give ye a week, and then, by ——, I’ll have him this way or that. And —— ye, I’ll keep still no more nor I please!” Another one was approximately the following: “Ye fool, I tell un, dig in the
nor’east
corner.” Still another was: “I’ll wait no more, I must get there myself. Do you let me there, A [
excised
]
. once.] once. The shouting had been in the two distinct voices which Charles had used before; one his known tones, and the other a deep, hollow, and utterly disguised thing which somehow chilled her horribly. The strange voice had been demanding something, and the familiar voice kept replying, “I won’t!”, or “you shan’t do that.” It seemed easier to recall the familiar voice than the strange one, but Mrs. Ward kept one of the alien phrases in mind to tell her husband that evening. It was a sort of throaty gurgle which sounded like: “Where is that ——planted? You get that —— carcass or let me get it. I’ll give ye a week, and then, by ——, I’ll have him this way or that. And —— ye, I’ll keep still no more nor I please!” Another one was approximately the following: “Ye fool, I tell un, dig in the
nor’east
corner.” Still another was: “I’ll wait no more, I must get there myself. Do you let me there, A [
excised
]
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. cemetery.] cemetary. D
. cemetery.] cemetary. D
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. tool-shed.] tool shed. A, C, D
. tool-shed.] tool shed. A, C, D
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. Sergt.] Sergeant C, D
. Sergt.] Sergeant C, D
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. 3 a.m.] three A.M. C; three a.m. D
. 3 a.m.] three A.M. C; three a.m. D
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. Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet.] Rhodes-on-the Pawtuxet. D
. Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet.] Rhodes-on-the Pawtuxet. D
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. agree] agreed D
. agree] agreed D
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. now—] now, C, D
. now—] now, C, D
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. occurrence] occurrences D
. occurrence] occurrences D
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. Portuguese] Portugese A, C
. Portuguese] Portugese A, C
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. St. waterfront] Street Waterfront C, D
. St. waterfront] Street Waterfront C, D
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. man, . . . Allen,] man . . . Allen C, D
. man, . . . Allen,] man . . . Allen C, D
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. shouting,] shouting C
. shouting,] shouting C
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. discovered.] discovered. About September the vampirism declined, and the public began to notice a prevailing mania for grave-robberies which seemed to develop out of the two old cases noted earlier in the year. The objects of this gruesome pilfering were mostly very old interments, and the methods were so rapid and efficient that no capture was ever made by the police; but several cemetery watchmen mentioned a small motor coupe with blurred number plates as the vehicle of the escaping ghouls, and at length the offences ceased as local graveyard protection became more and more adequate. The authorities formed no real suspicions as to the criminals; but Pawtuxet gossip hinted that Ward kept a Ford coupe in his concrete garage, and that it was often heard departing and arriving at the most unholy times of night. A [
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. discovered.] discovered. About September the vampirism declined, and the public began to notice a prevailing mania for grave-robberies which seemed to develop out of the two old cases noted earlier in the year. The objects of this gruesome pilfering were mostly very old interments, and the methods were so rapid and efficient that no capture was ever made by the police; but several cemetery watchmen mentioned a small motor coupe with blurred number plates as the vehicle of the escaping ghouls, and at length the offences ceased as local graveyard protection became more and more adequate. The authorities formed no real suspicions as to the criminals; but Pawtuxet gossip hinted that Ward kept a Ford coupe in his concrete garage, and that it was often heard departing and arriving at the most unholy times of night. A [
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. contents.] contents. A party of “hi-jackers”, those armed banditti who prey upon illicit carriers of liquor, had noted the steady traffic; and having drawn some very commonplace conclusions, had resolved to make a haul in their most approved manner. Learning to recognise [
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. contents.] contents. A party of “hi-jackers”, those armed banditti who prey upon illicit carriers of liquor, had noted the steady traffic; and having drawn some very commonplace conclusions, had resolved to make a haul in their most approved manner. Learning to recognise [
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] During one of the A [
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. waylayings] waylaying D
. waylayings] waylaying D
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. action,] actions D
. action,] actions D
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. February] March February A
. February] March February A
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. which] which, D
. which] which, D
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. shewing] showing D
. shewing] showing D
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. “100 . . . St. / . . . R.I.,] 100 . . . St., / . . . R. I., C; Providence, R.I., / 100 Prospect St., D
. “100 . . . St. / . . . R.I.,] 100 . . . St., / . . . R. I., C; Providence, R.I., / 100 Prospect St., D
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. February] March A, D
. February] March A, D
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. “Dear] Dear C, D
. “Dear] Dear C, D
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. “I] I C, D
. “I] I C, D
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. shewn . . . shewn] shown . . . shown D
. shewn . . . shewn] shown . . . shown D
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. “And] And C, D
. “And] And C, D
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. Nature] nature A, C, D
. Nature] nature A, C, D
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. “I] I C, D
. “I] I C, D
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. for ever,] forever, A, C, D
. for ever,] forever, A, C, D
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. “I] I C, D
. “I] I C, D
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. “Any] Any C, D
. “Any] Any C, D
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. “In] In C, D
. “In] In C, D
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. “Charles Dexter Ward.”] Charles Dexter Ward. C
. “Charles Dexter Ward.”] Charles Dexter Ward. C
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. 10:30 a.m.,] ten-thirty A.M., C; ten-thirty a.m., D
. 10:30 a.m.,] ten-thirty A.M., C; ten-thirty a.m., D
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. while”,] while,” C
. while”,] while,” C
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. me”,] me,” C
. me”,] me,” C
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. compromise”,] compromise,” C
. compromise”,] compromise,” C
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. later”.] later.” A, C
. later”.] later.” A, C
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. one] 1 A
. one] 1 A
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. highly] high C; high, D
. highly] high C; high, D
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. shadow-like] shadow-/like C; shadowlike D
. shadow-like] shadow-/like C; shadowlike D
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. shewed] showed C, D
. shewed] showed C, D
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. absence] absence, D
. absence] absence, D
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. and . . . knew] and, . . . knew, D
. and . . . knew] and, . . . knew, D
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. space] space, A, C, D
. space] space, A, C, D
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. week] week, D
. week] week, D
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. act;] act, D
. act;] act, D
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. presence;] presence, D
. presence;] presence, D
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. out] out by D
. out] out by D
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. selfsame] self-same D
. selfsame] self-same D
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. before] before, C, D
. before] before, C, D
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. comprehend.] comprehend. Just beyond the Round-Top Church he looked back from the high-ground and surveyed the clustered roofs and domes and steeples of Old Providence in the glow of new spring sunlight. What lurking arcana of darkness lay beneath the surface of the centuried town, and from what lingering horror must its ancient hillside lanes and busy modern thoroughfares be saved? A [
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. comprehend.] comprehend. Just beyond the Round-Top Church he looked back from the high-ground and surveyed the clustered roofs and domes and steeples of Old Providence in the glow of new spring sunlight. What lurking arcana of darkness lay beneath the surface of the centuried town, and from what lingering horror must its ancient hillside lanes and busy modern thoroughfares be saved? A [
excised
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. Portuguese] Portugese A, C
. Portuguese] Portugese A, C
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. through] through, C, D
. through] through, C, D
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. “we] “We C
. “we] “We C
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. mentality,] mentality D
. mentality,] mentality D
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. archaic,] archaick, C
. archaic,] archaick, C
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. know,] know D
. know,] know D
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. matters;] matters, D
. matters;] matters, D
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. frighted] frightened D
. frighted] frightened D
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. shew] show D
. shew] show D
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. whilst] while C, D
. whilst] while C, D
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. intimate] ultimate C, D
. intimate] ultimate C, D
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. elder] older D
. elder] older D
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. Douglass’] Douglass’s C
. Douglass’] Douglass’s C
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. eleventh] 11th A
. eleventh] 11th A
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. on] of A, C
. on] of A, C
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. Lovers”] Lover” A, C, D
. Lovers”] Lover” A, C, D
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. crown] Crown C, D
. crown] Crown C, D
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. shewed] showed D
. shewed] showed D
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. shew] show D
. shew] show D
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. flimsiest] filmsiest C
. flimsiest] filmsiest C
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. Clearly] Clearly, C
. Clearly] Clearly, C
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. evening,] evening D
. evening,] evening D
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. Portuguese] Portugese A
. Portuguese] Portugese A
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. river-bank] river bank A, C, D
. river-bank] river bank A, C, D
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. Portuguese] Portugese A
. Portuguese] Portugese A
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. shewed] showed D
. shewed] showed D
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. combat,] combat D
. combat,] combat D
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. wrong;] wrong, D
. wrong;] wrong, D
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. bearing must represent] bearing, represented D
. bearing must represent] bearing, represented D
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