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Three deeply mystified men passed down the hill to the village from the old house. Ernest Weston, the owner, had not spoken since before the -- the THING appeared there in the reception-room, or was it in the library? He was not certain -- he couldn't have told. Suddenly he turned to the constable.
"I told you not to shoot."