▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁it ▁will ▁make ▁Robert ▁better ▁understand ▁his ▁per il ous ▁situation . ▁He ▁takes ▁him ▁down ▁to ▁his ▁bas ement ▁and ▁introdu ces ▁him ▁to ▁a ▁gh oul ▁called ▁King ▁George . ▁After wards , ▁Robert ▁convin ces ▁himself ▁that ▁Pit man ▁has ▁merely ▁demonstrated ▁the ▁same ▁form ▁of ▁hyp not ic ▁suggestion ▁which ▁he ▁bel ieves ▁El sp eth ▁must ▁have ▁used ▁on ▁him . ▁Pit man ▁real izes ▁he ' s ▁failed ▁to ▁make ▁Robert ▁understand ▁the ▁truth , ▁and ▁suggests ▁he ▁visit ▁local ▁author , ▁Rand all ▁Car ver , ▁whom ▁he ▁hopes ▁might ▁do ▁a ▁better ▁job . ▁Robert ▁b ids ▁him ▁a ▁fond ▁fare well ▁and ▁heads ▁on ▁his ▁way . ▁Pit man ▁goes ▁into ▁his ▁dark ▁room ▁and ▁develop s ▁a ▁photograph ▁of ▁three ▁g hou ls ▁pos ing ▁with ▁the ▁dead ▁body ▁of ▁E am on ▁O ' B rien . ▁ ▁VIII : ▁The ▁Key ▁Robert ▁has ▁spent ▁several ▁weeks ▁stay ing ▁with ▁Rand all ▁Car ver ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁dream s ▁and ▁art . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁discovered , ▁in ▁an ▁amateur ▁publication ▁called ▁P ine ▁Con es , ▁a ▁writer ▁of ▁weird ▁fiction ▁he ▁particularly ▁adm ires ▁named ▁H . ▁P . ▁Love craft . ▁Car ver ▁demonstr ates ▁to ▁Robert ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁dream s ▁by ▁taking ▁him ▁into ▁the ▁Dream lands ▁where ▁they ▁meet ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁c ats ▁who ▁carry ▁them ▁up ▁towards ▁the ▁moon ▁before ▁they ▁are ▁sn atch ed ▁and ▁dropped ▁by ▁a