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THE GREAT GOD PAN

by

ARTHUR MACHEN



CONTENTS

    I  THE EXPERIMENT
   II  MR. CLARKE'S MEMOIRS
  III  THE CITY OF RESURRECTIONS
   IV  THE DISCOVERY IN PAUL STREET
    V  THE LETTER OF ADVICE
   VI  THE SUICIDES
  VII  THE ENCOUNTER IN SOHO
 VIII  THE FRAGMENTS




I

THE EXPERIMENT

"I am glad you came, Clarke; very glad indeed.  I was not sure you
could spare the time."

"I was able to make arrangements for a few days; things are not very
lively just now.  But have you no misgivings, Raymond?  Is it
absolutely safe?"

The two men were slowly pacing the terrace in front of Dr. Raymond's
house.  The sun still hung above the western mountain-line, but it
shone with a dull red glow that cast no shadows, and all the air was
quiet; a sweet breath came from the great wood on the hillside above,
and with it, at intervals, the soft murmuring call of the wild doves.
Below, in the long lovely valley, the river wound in and out between
the lonely hills, and, as the sun hovered and vanished into the west, a
faint mist, pure white, began to rise from the hills.  Dr. Raymond
turned sharply to his friend.

"Safe?  Of course it is.  In itself the operation is a perfectly simple
one; any surgeon could do it."

"And there is no danger at any other stage?"

"None; absolutely no physical danger whatsoever, I give you my word.
You are always timid, Clarke, always; but you know my history.  I