Diary of a Madman Page #7

Her name is Jeanne D'Arville.

Tell her that I must see her

tonight at my house.

Please, tell her to come.

The Horla has tried to kill me.

I have become his enemy

instead of his slave.

It is now his life or mine.

Father, are you sure

he wanted me to come back?

I don't know what is wrong,

but it was most important to him.

Father, thank you for coming.

Forgive me, but I can't ask you in.

I hope there's time enough for this.

Simon, there must be something

very wrong. Can't I help?

No. No, this is something

I must do myself.

Pray for me, Father.

Take these.

They're most important.

It's imperative that you follow

the instructions

in the letter exactly.

- I don't know what these are.

- Please.

Please take her away, Father.

Go, I beg of you.

Simon, you will have my prayers.

I think we better do as he says.

- Good night.

- Good night, Father.

Something has occurred to me.

Something that happened the night

the Horla made me destroy

the painting of Odette.

If my observation is correct,

then I will be staking my life

on the turn of one solitary card.

If I am wrong, then, this will be

my last meeting with him.

He will kill me.

I have made my preparations.

I am ready.

You seem very smug, Magistrate.

Is it because I failed

to make you kill the girl?

Do you think that evil can always

be stopped by a cross?

Perhaps not,

but there may be something

that can stop your evil.

You remember the painting?

How you insisted that I burn it?

Could it be that you were afraid to go

near the flames in the fireplace?

Fire has no will of its own!

Can you control it?

Try! Let me see

how fast your powers are!

Let me out!

There's no place to run.

The windows are in flames.

The doors are locked.

- Let me out!

- You're trapped.

The whole room

is drenched in kerosene.

How does terror feel?

Doesn't it give you enough strength

to break a lock?

Let me out!

I was right about the fire.

Then, you'll die with...

The last words he wrote:

"If what I think is true,

then, there may be deliverance

from the Horla

for me or all of us."

Are you convinced now

that Paul didn't murder Odette?

The diary will clear him.

Poor Simon.

He was ill for so long.

The insanity grew worse.

He didn't know what he was doing.

This Horla,

it was in his imagination, of course.

Can it be denied that evil exists

or that it can possess a man?

Then, Cordier was saying

the Horla is real.

Simon's letter spoke of a warning

to mankind.

He wanted us to know.

Whenever evil exists

in the heart of man,

the Horla lives.

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