the image of linda fox in herb asher ' s mind continued to undergo a dismal transformation ; he envisioned her as gross and bad-complexioned , a flabby thing that ate too much and wan- dered about aimlessly , and he realized , then , that this was the view of the accuser ; the goat-creature was linda fox 's accuser who showed her-who showed everything in creation-under the worst light possible , under the aspect of the ugly .