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    Collected Fiction Volume 3 (1931-1936): A Variorum Edition

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    477. motivations.] motivations. ¶ B, C

      478. reptilian . . . against] om. C

      479. Old Ones] old ones B

      480. centred] centered B, C

      481. antarctic,] Antarctic, A

      482. camera-like] camera-/like B; cameralike C

      483. trap-doors] trapdoors A, B, C

      484. subterrene] subterranean B, C

      485. trap-doors] trap doors A; trapdoors B, C

      486. furtive quasi-whispers.] furtive, quasi whispers. B [comma removed by HPL]

      487. en masse] en masse B, C

      488. time.] time. ¶ B, C

      489. half-polypous,] half polypous, B, C

      490. earth] Earth B

      491. wholly] widely B, C

      492. terrestrial] Terrestrial B

      493. non-visual] nonvisual B, C

      494. impressions.] impressions. ¶ B, C

      495. senses . . . substance] senses . . . substance B, C

      496. motion] motion, B, C

      497. earth] Earth B, C

      498. obscure trans-galactic] obscure, transgalactic B, C

      499. Yith.] Yith. ¶ B, C

      500. inhabit.] inhabit. ¶ B, C

      501. Elder Things] elder things B, C

      502. guarded.] guarded. ¶ B, C

      503. for ever] forever B, C

      504. trap-doors] trap doors A; trapdoors B, C

      505. Elder Things] elder things B, C

      506. places; fresh . . . entities.] places. B, C

      507. Elder Things] elder things B, C

      508. coloured] colored B, C

      509. aspect] aspect B, C

      510. unmentioned—at] unmentioned. At B, C

      511. like.] like. ¶ B, C

      512. plasticity, . . . lapses of visibility, . . . great winds. . . . whistling] plasticity, . . . lapses of visibility, . . . great winds. . . . whistling B, C

      513. toe-marks,] toe marks, B, C

      514. Elder Beings.] elder beings. ¶ B, C

      515. shewed] showed B, C

      516. entities.] entities. ¶ B, C

      517. earth’s] Earth’s B, C

      518. surface,] surfaces, Bc

      519. tenant.] tenant. ¶ B, C

      520. Meanwhile] Meanwhile, B, C

      521. trap-doors] trapdoors A, B, C

      522. pseudo-memory] pseudomemory B, C

      523. depended.] depended. ¶ B, C

      524. defence] defense B, C

      525. feelings,] feelings B, C

      526. Yet . . . everything] Yet, . . . everything, Bc

      527. summarised] summarized B, C

      528. hence] hence, Bc, C

      529. dreams.] dreams. ¶ B, C

      530. Meanwhile] Meanwhile, Bc, C

      531. Enclosed] Inclosed B, C

      532. for] for, Bc, C

      533. coloured] colored B, C

      534. story.] story. ¶ B, C

      535. 49, . . . Str.,] 49, . . . St., B; 49 . . . St., C

      536. 18 May,] May 18, B, C

      537. 30, . . . Str.,] 30 . . . St., B, C

      538. N. Y.] New York B, C

      539. c/o . . . U.S.A.] c/o Am. Psychological Society, 30, E. 41st Str., N. Y. City, U.S.A. A; c/o . . . U. S. A. B

      540. My dear Sir:—] My Dear Sir: B; My Dear Sir: C

      541. them”,] them,” B, C

      542. world.] world. ¶ B, C

      543. 500] five hundred B, C

      544. limit.] limit. ¶ B, C

      545. They] There B, C

      546. blacks] blackfellows B, C

      547. 30 or 40] thirty or forty B, C

      548. circle] circle of Bc

      549. mile’s] mile in B, C

      550. 10 or 12] ten or twelve B, C

      551. enclose] inclose B, C

      552. see.] see. ¶ B, C

      553. over to] into Bc

      554. them.] them. ¶ B, C

      555. and in time] and, in time, B, C

      556. interested,] interested B, C

      557. shewed] showed B, C

      558. and] and the B, C

      559. legends.] legends. ¶ B, C

      560. Meanwhile] Meanwhile, B, C

      561. articles,] articles B, C

      562. once . . . descriptions] once, . . . descriptions, B, C

      563. enclosed] inclosed B, C

      564. civilisation] civilization B, C

      565. legends.] legends. ¶ B, C

      566. engineer,] engineer C

      567. cement or concrete.] cement or concrete. ¶ B, C

      568. these] those B, C

      569. heaven] Heaven B, C

      570. organisations] organizations B, C

      571. funds.] funds. ¶ B, C

      572. blacks] blackfellows B, C

      573. 4] four B, C

      574. 100] one hundred B, C

      575. later. Roughly,] later. ¶ Roughly B, C

      576. trying. Any . . . August.] trying. ¶ B, C

      577. Robert B. F. Mackenzie.] Robert B. F. Mackenzie. B; Robert B. F. Mackenzie C

      578. Professors] Professor B, C

      579. department (. . .),] department—. . .— B, C

      580. Ferdinand] Ferndinand C

      581. me.] me. ¶ B, C

      582. correspondent Mackenzie] correspondent, Mackenzie, B, C

      583. travel.] travel. ¶ B, C

      584. of . . . draught] om. B [changed by HPL to sufficiently small]; sufficiently small C

      585. loads.] loads. ¶ B, C

      586. pleasant,] pleasant B, C

      587. eighteen] 18 A

      588. 31st,] 31, C

      589. terror of course] terror, of course, B, C

      590. pseudo-memories] pseudomemories B, C

      591. 3,] 3rd, B

      592. Cyclopean] cyclopean A, C

      593. dream-buildings.] dream buildings. B, C

      594. recognised] recognized B, C

      595. casings.] casings. ¶ B, C

      596. found;] found— C

      597. mutely] minutely Bc

      598. aëroplane] aeroplane A, C; airplane B [changed by HPL to aeroplane]

      599. sand.] sand. ¶ B, C

      600. which] om. B, C

      601. pseudo-familiarity] familiarity B, C

      602. terrain . . . northeast.] terrain. C

      603. memory.] memory. ¶ B, C

      604. dream-periods.] dream periods. B, C

      605. nearly buried] nearly-buried A

      606. some] low B, C

      607. traces.] traces. ¶ B, C

      608. 11th,] 11th, A; 11, B, C

      609. a gibbous moon] the Moon B [changed by HPL to the moon]; the moon C

      610. pallor.] pallor. ¶ B, C

      611. moonlight] Moonlight Bc

      612. torch.] torch. ¶ B, C

      613. substance] substance, B, C

      614. realise] realize B, C

      615. which] om. Bc

      616. legendry.] legendry. ¶ B, C

      617. Things] things B, C

      618. earth’s] Earth’s B

      619. wind-like,] windlike, B, C

      620. trap-doors] trapdoors A; trap-/doors B, C

      621. that] om. B, C

      622. realised] realized B, C

      623. enthusiasm.] enthusiasm. ¶ B, C

      624. and] and the Bc

      625. record.] record. ¶ B, C

      626. them.] them: B, C

      627. eleven,] eleven C

      628. walks;] walks, B, C

      629. precincts.] precincts. ¶ B, C

      630. moon,] Moon, B

      631. sky] sky, B, C

      632. did not . . . last] om. B, C

      633. a.m.] a. m., B, C

      634. everyone] every one B, C

      635. moonlight.] Moonlight. Bc

      636. yet] yet, B, C

      637. air.] air. ¶ B, C

      638. Prof.] Professor B, C

      639. ground] ground, B, C

      640. moon] Moon B

      641. the] beginning of A2

      642. Prof.] Professor A2, B, C

      643. condition.] condition. ¶ B, C

      644. northeast.] northeast. ¶ B, C

      645. obvious.
    ] end of A2

      646. Seeing . . . work,] om. C

      647. made my son promise] my son promised C

      648. alone.] alone. ¶ B, C

      649. Humouring] Humoring B

      650. afternoon;] afternoon, B, C

      651. sight.] sight. ¶ B

      652. half regretted] half-regretted A

      653. Perth July 20,] Perth on July 20th, B; Perth on July 20, C

      654. 25th,] 25th, A

      655. on] upon B, C

      656. son at least] son, at least, B, C

      657. widely.] widely. ¶ B, C

      658. pseudo-mnemonic] mnemonic B, C

      659. moon.] Moon. B

      660. half-shrouded] half shrouded B, C

      661. Cyclopean] cyclopean A, C

      662. aeons.] aeons. ¶ B, C

      663. pseudo-memories.] pseudomemories. B, C

      664. ploughed] plowed B, C

      665. pre-human] prehuman B, C

      666. Race.] Race. ¶ B, C

      667. omniscient] omniscient, B, C

      668. the] om. C

      669. moon] Moon B

      670. and cycads] om. B, C

      671. so far seen,] seen so far, B, C

      672. away.] away. ¶ B, C

      673. moon] Moon B

      674. realised] realized B, C

      675. these] those B, C

      676. sand-worn] sandworn C

      677. moon] Moon B

      678. torch.] torch. ¶ B, C

      679. simultaneously.] simultaneously. ¶ B, C

      680. these] those B, C

      681. closely related] closely related B, C

      682. conception.] conception Bc

      683. aeon-shaken] aeon-shaking C

      684. design.] design. ¶ B, C

      685. dream-glimpses] dream glimpses B, C

      686. me.] me. ¶ B, C

      687. Cyclopean] cyclopean A, C

      688. subterrene] subterrane Bc, C

      689. Square of Pillars] square of pillars A, Bc

      690. me?] me? ¶ B, C

      691. machines, . . . archives,] machines . . . archives B, C

      692. trap-doors] trap doors A; trapdoors B, C

      693. bottom,] bottom B, C

      694. dream-world,] dream world, B, C

      695. centre] center B, C

      696. moonlight,] Moonlight, Bc

      697. palaeogean] A; Paleogean B [changed by HPL to paleogean]; paleogean C

      698. pseudo-memories] pseudomemories B, C

      699. myth-cycles] myth cycles B, C

      700. uncovering?] uncovering? ¶ B, C

      701. draught] draft B, C

      702. moonlight] Moonlight Bc

      703. above.] above. ¶ B, C

      704. earth’s] Earth’s B, C

      705. sudden,] sudden C

      706. descent.] descent. ¶ B, C

      707. Cyclopean] cyclopean A, C

      708. precariously.] precariously. ¶ B, C

      709. only unbroken blackness.] darkness. C

      710. mind,] mind B, C

      711. wraith-like,] wraithlike, A, B, C

      712. me.] me. ¶ B, C

      713. strown] strewn B, C

      714. fragments] fragments, Bc

      715. perception.] perception. ¶ B, C

      716. moonlit] Moonlighted Bc; moonlight C

      717. return.] return. ¶ B, C

      718. on] at B, C

      719. carving . . . nearly] carving / seemed to have acted on the sandstone / nearly Bc

      720. way.] way. ¶ B, C

      721. torchlight] searchlight B, C

      722. explain.] explain. ¶ B, C

      723. earth’s] Earth’s B

      724. credibility.] credibility. ¶ B, C

      725. somehow] somehow, B, C

      726. mind.] mind. ¶ B, C

      727. dreamt] dreamed B, C

      728. nuance] nuance B, C

      729. shewed] showed B, C

      730. oriented.] oriented. ¶ B, C

      731. realised] realized B, C

      732. God’s] Heaven’s B, C

      733. debris] débris B

      734. moonlight] Moonlight B

      735. view.] view. ¶ B, C

      736. eld] old B, C

      737. subterrene] subterrane Bc

      738. its] the B, C

      739. earth’s] Earth’s B

      740. writing-master,] writing master, B, C

      741. a] the B, C

      742. Antarctica, had chiselled] antarctica, had chiseled B; Antarctica, had chiseled C

      743. walls?] walls? ¶ B, C

      744. down,] down C

      745. modelled] modeled B, C

      746. dream-fragments] dream fragments B, C

      747. time,] time B, C

      748. realised] realized B, C

      749. me.] me. ¶ B, C

      750. I?] I? ¶ B, C

      751. knob-twistings] knob twistings B, C

      752. terrestrial] Terrestrial B

      753. familiar.] familiar. ¶ B, C

      754. debris] débris B

      755. daemoniac] demoniac A, B, C

      756. dream—] dream B, C

      757. intermittently.] intermittently. ¶ B, C

      758. roof.] roof. ¶ B, C

      759. pseudo-memory.] pseudomemory. B, C

      760. plunged,] plunged B, C

      761. daemoniac] demoniac A, B, C

      762. crumbling yet familiar archways.] crumbling, yet familiar, archways. ¶ B, C

      763. bare or debris-filled.] bare, or débris-filled. B; bare, or debris-filled. C

      764. recognised] recognized B, C

      765. stonework] stone-/work B; stone-work C

      766. beneath.] beneath. ¶ B, C

      767. trap-door] trapdoor B, C

      768. post-human] post-/human B; posthuman C

      769. landing-spot] landing spot B, C

      770. debris] débris B

      771. safety.] safety. ¶ B, C

      772. last] last, B, C

      773. metal half-buried] metal, half buried B, C

      774. realised,] realized, B, C

      775. debris-cluttered] débris-cluttered B

      776. subterrene] subterrane Bc

      777. buildings.] buildings. ¶ B, C

      778. corridors . . . well-remembered] om. C

      779. weakness,] weakness B, C

      780. windowless . . . alien] windowless, . . . alien, B, C

      781. origin.] origin. ¶ B, C

      782. 200] two hundred B, C

      783. inclines.] inclines. ¶ B, C

      784. debris] débris B

      785. vast] vast, B, C

      786. metal-purveyors,] metal purveyors, B, C

      787. stones,] stone, B, C

      788. know.] know. ¶ B, C

      789. debris] débris B

      790. within] in B, C

      791. hand-held,] hand-/held, B; handheld, C

      792. marvellous] marvelous B, C

      793. side.] side. ¶ B, C

      794. chiselled] chiseled B, C

      795. realised,] realized, B, C

      796. had oddly] had, oddly, B, C

      797. earth-protected] Earth-protected B

      798. itself.] itself. ¶ B, C

      799. size,] size B, C

      800. toughness,] toughness C

      801. contours;] contours, B, C

      802. archway.] archway. ¶ B, C

      803. shelf-doors] shelf doors B, C

      804. masonry.] masonry. ¶ B, C

      805. dust-covered] dust covered A

      806. below a gaping] beneath a gaping, B, C

      807. earth-tremors.] Earth tremors. B; earth termors. C

      808. or] and B, C

      809. sub-classes] subclasses B, C

      810. characters] character Bc

      811. unusual.] unusual. ¶ B, C

      812. 20 × 15] twenty by fifteen A, B, C

      813. top.] top. ¶ B, C

      814. queerly pigmented,] queerly-pigmented, A

      815. utterly] om. B, C

      816. memory.] memory. ¶ B, C

      817. slightly] slightly, Bc

      818. fragment.] fragrant. Bc

    &nb
    sp; 819. non-terrestrial] non-/Terrestrial B

      820. document] document, C

      821. recognising] recognizing B, C

      822. footfalls] foot-falls C

      823. catacombs . . . silence.] catacombs. ¶ B, C

      824. pavements.] pavements. ¶ B, C

      825. recollections,] recollection, B, C

      826. profounder] profound C

      827. lock.] lock. ¶ B, C

      828. reason?] reason? ¶ B, C

      829. Eventually] Eventually, B, C

      830. deeply buried] deeply-buried A

      831. floor, and as] floor. ¶ As B, C

      832. trap-doors.] trapdoors. B, C

      833. trap-door] trapdoor B, C

      834. yawned.] yawned. ¶ B, C

      835. cool,] cold, C

      836. air,] air B, C

      837. trap-door] trapdoor A, B, C

      838. Ahead] Ahead, B, C

      839. why.] why. ¶ B, C

      840. Earth] earth B

      841. realised] realized B, C

      842. floor] floor, B, C

      843. disquieting.] disquieting. ¶ B, C

      844. were of course] were, of course, B, C

      845. trap-door] trapdoor A, B, C

      846. shewn] shown B, C

      847. dream-memories] dream memories B, C

      848. well.] well. ¶ B, C

      849. what (. . . realise)] what—. . . realize— B, C

      850. shew] show B, C

      851. tiptoe] tiptoed B, C

      852. open.] open. ¶ B, C

      853. up,] up B, C

      854. teeth] teeth, B, C

      855. needed.] needed C

      856. all,] all B, C

      857. noise.] noise. ¶ B, C

      858. but] but, B

      859. begun] began C

      860. difficultly] om. B, C

      861. creaking.] creaking. ¶ B, C

      862. half-numb] half numb B, C

      863. memory-rhythm] memory rhythm B, C

      864. them.] them. ¶ B, C

      865. intricate] intricate, B, C

      866. greyish case-ends] grayish case ends B, C

      867. noise.] noise. ¶ B, C

      868. 20 ? 15] twenty by fifteen B, C

      869. inches.] inches. ¶ B, C

      870. floor,] floor B, C

      871. realisation . . . paralysed my faculties.] realization . . . paralyzed my faculties. ¶ B, C

      872. hypnotised] hypnotized B, C

      873. memory.] memory. ¶ B, C

      874. temporised] temporized B, C

      875. screwed up] collected B, C

      876. all] all, B, C

      877. almost] om. C

      878. silence.] silent. B, C

      879. mockery.] mockery. ¶ B, C

      880. shewing] showing B, C

      881. around] about B, C

      882. fangs.] fangs. ¶ B, C

      883. fingers] fingers, B, C

      884. curious] curious, B, C

      885. comes] came Bc

      886. underground.] underground. ¶ B, C

      887. draught-giving] draft-giving B, C

      888. re-pass] repass B, C

      889. draughts] drafts B, C

      890. possible] om. B, C

      891. blacks,] blackfellows, B, C

      892. subterrene] subterrane Bc; om. C

     


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