“I WAS PROGRESSING IN GREAT LEAPS AND BOUNDS” _Frontispiece_
“HE GESTICULATED WITH HIS HANDS AND ARMS” _To face page_ 6
“I LOOKED BACK AT HIS RECEDING FIGURE” ” ” 11
“I SAT ACROSS THE EDGE OF THE MANHOLE AND
LOOKED DOWN INTO THE BLACK INTERIOR” ” ” 54
“WE WATCHED INTENSELY” ” ” 87
“I REALISED MY LEAP HAD BEEN TOO VIOLENT” ” ” 101
“INSECTS,” MURMURED CAVOR, “INSECTS” ” ” 130
“THERE THE THING WAS, LOOKING AT US” ” ” 137
“BEDFORD,” HE WHISPERED, “THERE’S A SORT OF
LIGHT IN FRONT OF US” ” ” 177
“THE NEARER I STRUGGLED, THE MORE AWFULLY
REMOTE IT SEEMED” ” ” 236
“THEY CARRIED HIM INTO DARKNESS” ” ” 292