Q: “On the subject of the Mystery of the Beetle I do not propose to pronounce a confident opinion. Atherton and I have talked it over many and many a time, and at the end we have got no ‘forrarder.’ So far as I am personally concerned, experience has taught me that there are indeed more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy, and I am quite prepared to believe that the so-called Beetle, which others saw, but I never, was—or is, for it cannot be certainly shown that the Thing is not still existing—a creature born neither of God nor man.”

C: I genuinely love this quote. I think it is such a good wrap-up to the story. This book has risen to at least my top 10 books of all time, this is like a true true horror book and it doesn’t feel like it’s a book from 1897! (also the fact that tennis balls were around in the 1890’s is a weird thought to me)

Q: What do you think the beetle is?