Oh, this is a weird and creepy little out-take from the Gormenghast series, wherein a boy who is clearly Titus runs away for a day to have an adventure. He comes up against the Lamb, a blind, terrifying figure who lives underground and who through force of will changes (mutilates) humans into the bestial equivalents of their character. The Lamb's cringing, violent henchmen, Goat and Hyena, are equally frightening, and once the boy falls into their clutches he risks being changed as well. There's just so much packed into this novella, and even were it handed to me with all the cover and front pages ripped off I'd know it for Peake, as vivid and grotesque as the language and images are. It's wonderful and terrible together.