Chapter 10
In the end the three men from Arkham - old, white-bearded Dr
Armitage, stocky, iron-grey Professor Rice, and lean, youngish Dr
Morgan, ascended the mountain alone. After much patient instruction
regarding its focusing and use, they left the telescope with the
frightened group that remained in the road; and as they climbed
they were watched closely by those among whom the glass was passed
round. It was hard going, and Armitage had to be helped more than
once. High above the toiling group the great swath trembled as its
hellish maker repassed with snail-like deliberateness. Then it was
obvious that the pursuers were gaining.
Curtis Whateley - of the undecayed branch - was holding the
telescope when the Arkham party detoured radically from the swath.
He told the crowd
