“First of all, I ask you to consider: throughout this entire story, I did not see anything truly terrible with my own eyes. However, only by brushing aside the indisputable facts can one explain everything that happened as a kind of nervous shock, which supposedly forced me to run headlong from the lonely Akeley estate and race all night in someone else's car through the forest wilderness in the mountains of Vermont. I was initially informed about the events at the estate and knew Henry Akeley's opinion on this matter; What I saw and heard there made a strong and unforgettable impression on me, and yet even now I cannot say with complete confidence to what extent I am right in my monstrous conclusions...”