The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter Page #3

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I collected some tales about it.

There Was one about...

an image seen in an attic WindoW.

Another one about a young man

Who Was chased by a horned creature.

And there Was the most

extraordinary business in 1 842 or '43...

Yes. I've read them.

But have you ever been out there?

Good heavens, no.

I'm a scholar. I'm not a field man.

Besides, the locale is not

terribly important in oral history.

If you haven't been there, hoW do you knoW?

My dear Carter, you're not implying there

might be some substance to these tales?

Yes, I am. I didn't see it personally,

but Eliot Damon HoWard did.

He claims to have seen

the creature of the legends.

I Would need something

more substantial to corroborate that.

The Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred.

My dear chap, do you knoW What this is?

Have you any idea? Where did you find it?

In the Winthrop house.

Oh...

This is the original Arabic text.

There hasn't been one of these extant

since the Cotton Mather one.

- And that disappeared in...

- 1688.

This, Professor, is the same copy.

I'd hate to calculate the fines due on it.

You're absolutely right. It is.

There are the missing pages.

Cotton Mather didn't even entrust

the university With the complete copy.

- Who did the annotations?

- Oh, probably Mather.

- I've no idea Who did the English.

- Joshua Winthrop?

Yes, possibly Winthrop.

He must have borroWed the book

and it Was never returned.

I believe Joshua Winthrop created the

creature of these legends using this book.

Yes.

Yes, it is possible.

That's Why We have to go there.

We have to find this thing and prove it's real.

Wait a minute, Carter.

If this thing is alive,

it could be very dangerous.

Something happened

at the Winthrop house last night.

Four Miskatonic University students

Were killed.

They Were killed, I believe, by this creature.

Good heavens.

But it Would be most improper

to interfere With the police investigation.

- So We should turn this over to them?

- Are you mad?!

Sshh!

Have you any idea of the damage

that could result

if this book fell into the Wrong hands?

No, no, no. It must be locked up safe

in the university vaults

and kept aWay

from the prying eyes of the public.

It should be entrusted only in the hands

of scholars of...integrity and probity.

You are the most qualified scholar I knoW

and I need your help

to confront this beast.

- Aagh!

- HoWard. HoWard, Wake up. Wake up.

- The last thing you need to do is sleep.

- Every time I doze off...

- It's time.

- We have to convince the police.

- Forget it. We can't trust anyone noW.

- Then What?

- Are you Well enough to travel?

- You're not going back?

Get dressed. I brought you some clothes.

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