Pendulum Page #4

I HAVE COME TO ASK YOU

TO PLEASE BELIEVE HIM,

MR. BARNARD.

HE HAS TOLD YOU:

THE TRUTH.

HAS HE?

YES.

IN NOT TELLING YOU

BEFORE,

HE ONLY MEANT:

TO SPARE YOU PAIN.

HE IS A GOOD MAN,

MR. BARNARD,

A KIND AND GENTLE MAN,

AND I KNOW THAT:

HE ADORED YOUR SISTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE HIM,

DOA MEDINA,

BUT I FIND IT:

VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SO.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HIM

I CANNOT HELP BUT SENSE,

A KIND OF FEARFUL

TENSION THAT--

I'M SORRY...

BUT AN AIR:

OF DEFINITE GUILT.

OF COURSE HE SUFFERS

FROM GUILT, MR. BARNARD,

BECAUSE OF:

WHAT OUR FATHER DID,

BECAUSE OF WHAT:

HAPPENED TO ELIZABETH.

PERHAPS IT WILL HELP

YOU TO UNDERSTAND

IF I TELL YOU:

SOMETHING:

THAT HAPPENED:

TO NICHOLAS:

WHEN HE WAS:

JUST A BOY.

ONE DAY, WHILE

NICHOLAS WAS PLAYING

IN THE LOWER:

CORRIDOR...

Catherine:
HE HAD BEEN

FORBIDDEN BY OUR FATHER

TO ENTER THIS CHAMBER

AT ANY TIME.

THE CURIOSITY OF YOUTH,

HOWEVER,

OVERCAME HIS FEAR OF CHALLENGING

OUR FATHER'S DISCIPLINE.

HE HAD TO SEE THE CHAMBER.

SUDDENLY,

THERE WERE FOOTSTEPS.

IT WAS OUR FATHER.

WITH HIM WERE OUR MOTHER

AND OUR UNCLE BARTOLOME,

WHO WAS:

OUR FATHER'S BROTHER.

AT FIRST, IT APPEARED THAT

FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON

OUR FATHER WAS ACTUALLY

CONDUCTING THEM:

ON A TOUR:

OF HIS GHASTLY CHAMBER.

NICHOLAS COULD SEE THAT

BOTH OUR MOTHER AND OUR UNCLE

WERE UNEASY, FRIGHTENED.

OUR FATHER'S

SMILING AFFABILITY

AS HE DESCRIBED THE WORKINGS

OF THESE HELLISH INSTRUMENTS

TURNED NICHOLAS' BLOOD COLD.

HE WATCHED THEM WITH

A MOUNTING SENSE OF PREMONITION.

SOMETHING WAS WRONG,

MOST TERRIBLY WRONG.

EVEN HE, NO MORE

THAN 10 YEARS OF AGE,

COULD SENSE IT LIKE

A DARKENING VAPOR IN THE AIR.

THERE WAS NO REASON

FOR OUR MOTHER AND OUR UNCLE

TO HAVE BEEN THERE.

AAH!

Catherine:
AS HE STRUCK,

HE KEPT ON SCREAMING

AT HIS BROTHER ONE WORD

OVER AND OVER--

"ADULTERER! ADULTERER!"

AND THEN HE TURNED ON HER.

AAH!

Catherine:
ACCUSING HER

OF VILE DEBAUCHERIES

WITH HIS BROTHER,

CURSING HER AS FAITHLESS,

PROMISING HER:

THE AGONIES OF HELL

AND PAYMENT:

FOR HER INFIDELITY,

AND THERE BEFORE

MY BROTHER'S VERY EYES,

OUR MOTHER:

WAS TORTURED TO DEATH.

EVER SINCE THEN,

NICHOLAS HAS BEEN UNABLE

TO LIVE AS OTHER MEN.

ALWAYS, HE IS HAUNTED

BY THE MEMORY:

OF THAT TERRIBLE DAY.

YOUR SISTER'S DEATH

CAME VERY CLOSE:

TO DRIVING HIM INSANE,

MR. BARNARD.

I BEG OF YOU,

HAVE PITY ON HIM.

HELP HIM:

BY BELIEVING HIM.

I WILL TRY,

DOA MEDINA.

WELL, I KNOW YOU

MUST BE VERY TIRED

FROM YOUR JOURNEY.

GOOD NIGHT.

DOA.

[HARPSICHORD PLAYING]

[PLAYING STOPS]

[HARPSICHORD PLAYING]

[PLAYING STOPS]

WHO IS THAT?

I'LL SEE.

[DOOR OPENS]

WHERE IS NICHOLAS?

HE IS GONE?

I MUST'VE DOZED OFF

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