montgomery by himself , an obese ghoul , a drooling , hiccupping butcher , i could understand , see him , isolated , getting his jollies from it , convincing himself of a superiority he knew each time he looked at the mongrel his body had deformed into he didnt actually possess , but add another person , another person , another , another , a concerted , philosophical , cultivated effort and it spun into flames , was too incomprehensible .