Pendulum Page #3

WITH MY SISTER?

I SHOULD NEVER:

HAVE BROUGHT HER HERE.

SHE WAS TOO SENSITIVE,

TOO AWARE.

AWARE OF WHAT?

THE MALIGNANT ATMOSPHERE

OF THIS CASTLE.

IT DESTROYED HER.

MY SISTER WAS A STRONG

AND WILLFUL WOMAN,

NOT SUBJECT:

TO THE INFLUENCE

OF ATMOSPHERES.

YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ONLY

A MATTER OF HOURS, MR. BARNARD.

YOU CANNOT KNOW WHAT IT IS

TO LIVE HERE...

MONTH UPON MONTH,

YEAR AFTER YEAR...

BREATHING THIS INFERNAL AIR,

ABSORBING THE MIASMA

OF BARBARITY:

WHICH PERMEATES THESE WALLS,

PARTICULARLY THIS CHAMBER,

BUT IT DID NOT BOTHER HER

AT FIRST, EITHER.

OUR LIFE WAS GOOD...

RICH WITH THE SHARED

PLEASURES OF OUR LOVE.

Nicholas:
EACH MORNING

I WOULD BRING HER BREAKFAST.

IN THE AFTERNOONS,

SHE USUALLY SAT FOR ME

WHILE I ATTEMPTED ALL IN VAIN

TO CAPTURE HER BEAUTY

ON CANVAS.

I DID THAT PORTRAIT WHICH

YOU SAW IN HER ROOM BEFORE,

BUT IT IS ALL INADEQUATE

TO RECALL THE LOVELINESS OF HER.

WE DINED, SOMETIMES ALONE,

ENJOYING INTIMATE CONVERSATION,

SOMETIMES WITH THE DOCTOR.

[PLAYING HARPSICHORD]

AND EVERY NIGHT,

ELIZABETH WOULD PLAY FOR ME.

LIFE WAS SIMPLE, QUIET,

RICHLY PLEASURABLE,

AND THEN THE DARKNESS

BEGAN TO FALL.

MORE AND MORE, ENTERING

HER ROOM IN THE MORNINGS,

I WOULD FIND HER AWAKE

AND DISCOVER THAT SHE HAD

NOT SLEPT ALL THE NIGHT.

I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHY,

BUT SHE HAD NO EXPLANATION.

HER APPETITE BEGAN TO FADE.

SHE BEGAN TO LOSE

WEIGHT AND COLOR.

I TRIED TO MAKE HER EAT,

BUT SOMETHING:

KEPT HER FROM IT.

I WOULD COME UPON HER

WANDERING IN THE CORRIDORS

AT NIGHT.

I TRIED TO FIND OUT

WHAT WAS WRONG,

BUT SHE NEVER HAD AN ANSWER,

EXCEPT TO SAY THAT SOMETHING

WAS OPPRESSING HER.

OH, GOD, HELP ME

FOR MY BLINDNESS.

I SHOULD'VE KNOWN.

THEN ONE DAY:

SHE DISAPPEARED.

FRANTIC, I SEARCHED

THE CASTLE FOR HER.

AND THEN I KNEW.

THE CASTLE AND ITS AWFUL HISTORY

HAD OBSESSED HER.

THESE VERY:

INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE,

WHICH WERE MY BIRTHRIGHT

AND MY CURSE,

NOW TORMENTED HER AS WELL,

INFECTING HER WITH A KIND

OF HAUNTED FASCINATION.

I WATCHED HER DRAWN TO ONE

AND THEN ANOTHER

AS IF THE AURA OF PAIN AND

SUFFERING WHICH SURROUNDED THEM

WAS LURING HER TO SICKNESS

AND TO DEATH.

IMMEDIATELY, I MADE MY PLANS

TO LEAVE THE CASTLE WITH HER.

WE WOULD TRAVEL FOR A WHILE,

RESTORE HER SPIRITS,

AND THEN MAKE OUR HOME

ELSEWHERE.

THEN ON THE VERY EVE

OF OUR DEPARTURE...

[SCREAMING]

WE HEARD A SCREAM

FROM BELOW,

THE MOST HIDEOUS

BLOOD-CHILLING SCREAM

I HAVE EVER HEARD

IN MY LIFE.

JUST BEFORE SHE DIED,

SHE WHISPERED A NAME.

SEBASTIAN.

SEBASTIAN.

SEBASTIAN.

MR. BARNARD.

DOA.

MAY I SPEAK WITH YOU?

YES, OF COURSE.

HOW IS:

YOUR BROTHER?

BETTER, THANK YOU.

DR. LEON

IS STAYING WITH HIM.

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