Exorcist: The Beginning Page #3

Can I get you some tea?

Or maybe something

more substantial?

Yes, that would be very nice.

You dabble in the occult?

I found them here when I arrived.

I wanted to ask you,

did you treat Bession?

You should let me clean that

before it gets infected.

There was nothing I could do

for Monsieur Bession.

He had no medical symptoms...

nothing to suggest

any kind of disease or infection.

His breakdown was purely mental

and extremely severe.

That's why the Turkana fear

the church is cursed.

That and the disappearances.

In the past few weeks,

we've lost a dozen men.

Runaways?

Or is it those evil spirits?

Yeah.

- I'm sorry. I shouldn't have.

- Your curiosity's perfectly natural.

My father was a strong man.

When the Nazis started

rounding up theJews in our town...

he didn't hesitate.

He hid our neighbors

in the crawl space.

But someone turned us in...

and we were all sent to

the concentration camps.

I'm sorry.

People can't really

understand, can they?

If they weren't there...

if they didn't see.

No.

And my husband turned out

to be one of those people.

I met him after the war,

and we came to Africa together, in love.

One night I realized

I-- I had to tell him the truth...

about... the Nazis...

and what they did to me.

After that, he never touched me again.

So...

what turns a man of the cloth

into an archaeologist?

I don't know.

I suppose I--

I wanted to work with something real,

something I could touch with my hands.

Do you miss it?

Being a priest.

No.

There's no point in that.

Sometimes I think

the best view of God is from hell.

I should get to bed.

I'm going to Nairobi tomorrow

to see Bession.

- Talk to Father Gionetti.

- Gionetti?

He runs the sanitarium.

Well, thank you...

for the medical care.

Deliver us from evil...

for thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory forever.

Amen.

You, priest.

What is your name?

I'm Father Merrin.

God is not here today, priest.

Want some water?

Hey, what's wrong?

It's late.

You should go back to bed.

Give it to me! It's mine!

- Oh, is it yours?

- Give it to me!

- Mr. Merrin gave it to me.

- Here, take it.

- Take it!

- Oh,just give it to me, you idiot!

Who you calling idiot?

Take it! It's right here.

Give it to me!

It's mine.

- Shorty. Shorty. Shorty.

- Just give it to me!

All right. Okay, okay.

Go back to bed,

and I'll give you the stupid thing.

Joseph, look out!

Joseph, get Papa!

Get Papa!

Joseph, help me!

Joseph, please, get Papa quickly.

No! Help me!

Help! Help me!

Help me!

Help me!

Help me! Please!

- What happened?

- Hyenas. They toreJames apart.

Did you see that, Lancaster?

The hyenas ignored Joseph.

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