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Quote #10
One more ride and one more ride. And, after awhile, you'd offer rides to friends, and more friends until finally…
The thought hit them all in the same quiet moment. …finally you wind up owner of the carousel, keep of the freaks…proprietor for some small part of eternity of the traveling dark carnival shows…
Maybe, said their eyes, they're already here. (54.31-54.34)
The fact that the victims of the carnival become its proprietors is significant. It reminds us that Mr. Dark feeds on the inherent evil inside people. He's not making people evil, rather drawing out of them the darkness that is already there.