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The Island of Doctor Moreau | H. G. [Herbert George] Wells | |
XVI. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD. |
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"Come on!" I said. Presently he woke up and came towards me. "You see," he said, almost in a whisper, "they are all supposed to have a fixed idea against eating anything that runs on land. If some brute has by any accident tasted blood He went on some way in silence. "I wonder what can have happened," he said to himself. Then, after a pause again: "I did a foolish thing the other day. That servant of mine--I showed him how to skin and cook a rabbit. It's odd--I saw him licking his hands--It never occurred to me." Then: "We must put a stop to this. I must tell Moreau." He could think of nothing else on our homeward journey. Moreau took the matter even more seriously than Montgomery, and I need scarcely say that I was affected by their evident consternation. "We must make an example," said Moreau. "I've no doubt in my own mind that the Leopard-man was the sinner. But how can we prove it? I wish, Montgomery, you had kept your taste for meat in hand, and gone without these exciting novelties. We may find ourselves in a mess yet, through it." "I was a silly ass," said Montgomery. "But the thing's done now; and you said I might have them, you know." "We must see to the thing at once," said Moreau. "I suppose if anything should turn up, M'ling can take care of himself?" "I'm not so sure of M'ling," said Montgomery. "I think I ought to know him." |
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