AM I A MAGGOT?

A Maggot" (page 359):

Q. Why stop you?
A. The maggot.
Q. What maggot?
A. That floated in the inner cavern, like a great swollen maggot, white as snow upon the air.
Q. What is this?
A. Yes, like a maggot, tho' not. Its great eye shone down upon us, my blood did curdle in my veins; and I must perforce call out in my fear, ignorant that I was.