序幕
PROLOGUE
韋伯斯特被死神緊緊抓住,
Webster was much possessed by death
他看見(jiàn)頭皮下的頭蓋骨;
And saw the skull beneath the skin;
地底下的無(wú)胸生物
And breastless creatures under ground
沒(méi)有嘴唇,齜牙一笑,向后退去。
Leaned backward with a lipless grin.
——T.S.艾略特《不朽的私語(yǔ)》
—T.S. Eliot, “Whispers of Immortality”