When Hal Shelburn saw it, when his son Dennis pulled it out of a mouldering Ralston-Purina carton that had been pushed far back under one attic eave, such a feeling of horror and dismay rose in hm that for one moment he thought he would scream. He put one fist to his mouth, as if to cram it back... and then merely coughed into his fist.
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The underlined 'it' means 'scream'?
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