This place, which was secretly connected with the Wizard City, was one
of Satan's centers from which originated schemes and devices to commit
and practice embryonic murder.
I saw in this dark cavern the sons and daughters of earth, high and
low, noble and ignoble, and my heart bled within at what I further
witnessed.
Mr. World passed through from one section to another, studying carefully
the secret processes in vogue, while illustrations, drawn by the artists
of the Devil, instead of sending the blush of shame to his cheek, only
fed his inner curiosity and verily aroused his baser passions.
Having finished, he gave the pass-word and was admitted to a
sub-department called Foeticide.
This section, and the one he had just left, were located directly under
the physicians' offices along the King's Highway. It could be seen
that there was direct connection between these offices and the horrible
subterraneous apartments through which Mr. World was now passing.
So many unnatural and horrible things were practiced in this sub-
department that Mr. World was shocked beyond measure, for he had never
dreamed of the extent of the malpractice to which his eyes here bore
testimony.
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