Pendulum Page #3

EASY, EASY, EASY.

IT WAS SHE.

DRINK THIS.

THANK YOU.

HERS?

YES.

HE'LL SLEEP

IN A MINUTE OR SO.

DOCTOR, WILL YOU

STAY, PLEASE?

YES, OF COURSE, MY DEAR.

UNTIL THE MORNING,

AT ANY RATE.

MY DEAR LORD.

IT IS HERS,

ISN'T IT?

IT IS.

BUT HOW?

LET US NOT TALK HERE.

MAY WE USE:

YOUR ROOM, SIR?

YES, OF COURSE.

SIT.

WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU

NO ONE IN THIS WORLD EXCEPT

NICHOLAS AND MYSELF KNOWS.

THAT IS, I THOUGHT THAT

NO ONE ELSE KNEW.

TAKE THIS.

NO.

DRINK IT.

TO BE ABSOLUTELY

BLUNT ABOUT IT,

NICHOLAS BELIEVES

THAT ELIZABETH:

MAY HAVE BEEN:

INTERRED PREMATURELY.

WHAT?

I HASTEN TO:

ASSURE YOU BOTH:

THAT SUCH:

IS NOT THE CASE.

ELIZABETH:

WAS QUITE DEAD.

I WOULD STAKE:

MY REPUTATION:

ON THAT FACT.

THEN WHY--

DOES HE BELIEVE IT?

BECAUSE OF WHAT:

HAPPENED TO HIS MOTHER

MANY YEARS AGO.

I'M AFRAID

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I TOLD MR. BARNARD

WHAT NICHOLAS SAW THAT DAY.

NO, MY DEAR.

YOUR MOTHER WAS NOT

TORTURED TO DEATH

AS YOU WERE TOLD.

BUT--

SHE WAS TORTURED,

YES...

BUT NOT TO DEATH.

DO I MAKE:

MYSELF CLEAR?

DO YOU MEAN:

TO SAY THAT--

YOUR MOTHER WAS:

WALLED UP IN HER TOMB...

WHILE YET ALIVE.

OH, NO.

FROM THAT DAY FORTH,

THE VERY THOUGHT

OF PREMATURE INTERMENT

WAS ENOUGH:

TO DRIVE YOUR BROTHER

INTO CONVULSIONS

OF HORROR.

NICHOLAS BROODS ABOUT IT

CONSTANTLY.

ALREADY HE HAS TOLD ME

HE HAS HEARD ELIZABETH

WALKING THE CORRIDORS,

EVEN THAT HE HAS HEARD

HER SPEAKING HIS NAME.

DR. LEON.

SIR?

YOU SEEM TO FORGET

THAT WE ALL:

HEARD THE HARPSICHORD

PLAYING.

NO, I HAVE NOT

FORGOTTEN IT, SIR.

IT IS WHY I SAID BEFORE

THAT I THOUGHT:

THAT NO ONE BUT NICHOLAS

AND MYSELF KNEW ABOUT THIS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SOMEONE, I FEAR, HAS

DISCOVERED NICHOLAS' SECRET

AND IS USING IT:

AS A TERRIBLE ADVANTAGE.

A SERVANT, PERHAPS.

I COULD ALMOST:

MORE EASILY BELIEVE THAT--

THAT WHAT, DOA MEDINA?

NOTHING.

I SPOKE:

WITHOUT THOUGHT.

I WANT TO KNOW:

ONE THING, SIR.

ARE YOU:

ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE...

THAT DON MEDINA'S

DREAD IS UNWARRANTED?

IF ELIZABETH MEDINA

WALKS THE CORRIDORS

OF THIS CASTLE,

IT IS HER SPIRIT,

NOT HER LIVING SELF.

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

ELIZABETH'S ROOM.

AAH!

WHAT IS IT, CHILD?

Charles:

EASY, CHILD.

EASY.

TELL US WHAT:

HAPPENED TO YOU.

I--

I HEARD HER.

HEARD?

THE MISTRESS.

I WAS CLEANING UP

THE ROOM,

AND SHE SPOKE TO ME.

SHE CALLED ME:

BY MY NAME--MARIA.

SHE SAID, "MARIA,

LEAVE THIS ROOM!"

MY WIFE:

SPOKE TO YOU?

MY WIFE SPOKE--

NICHOLAS!

NO ONE WILL EVER

ENTER THAT ROOM AGAIN.

MR. BARNARD, I'M--

NO NEED EXPLAINING,

NICHOLAS.

MR. BARNARD

KNOWS EVERYTHING.

TAKE CARE OF THE GIRL,

WILL YOU, CATHERINE?

I'LL SEE TO HER,

DOA MEDINA,

IF YOU WANT TO GO

WITH YOUR BROTHER.

THANK YOU.

COME, MARIA, LET ME

HELP YOU DOWNSTAIRS.

PERHAPS I:

SHOULD BRING:

SOME FOOD:

TO NICHOLAS.

HE WILL NOT EAT IT,

MY DEAR,

ANY MORE THAN YOU

ARE EATING YOURS.

I'M NOT

HUNGRY.

YOU NEED YOUR STRENGTH,

NONETHELESS.

IF I MAY INTERRUPT THIS

FASCINATING CONVERSATION

FOR A MOMENT,

HOW LONG, MAY I ASK,

DO YOU INTEND TO ACCEPT

THESE OCCURRENCES

AT FACE VALUE?

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT,

MR. BARNARD,

THAT A MAN OF:

YOUR INVESTIGATIVE ZEAL

WOULD HAVE ALREADY

SOLVED THE MYSTERY.

AND HAVE YOU,

DOCTOR?

I AM NOT CERTAIN.

BUT YOU DO YOU REMEMBER

THAT NO ONE ACTUALLY HEARD

ELIZABETH'S VOICE?

WE HAVE ONLY:

MARIA'S WORD FOR IT.

WE PROCEED ON:

SIMILAR LINES, DOCTOR.

IN QUESTIONING MARIA,

I ASKED HER TO DESCRIBE

THE VOICE SHE HEARD.

AND?

SHE COULD NOT:

DESCRIBE IT, DOCTOR,

BECAUSE IT ONLY:

WHISPERED TO HER.

THIS POINT SEEMS OF VITAL

IMPORT TO YOU, DOES IT?

[LOUD BANGING]

[BANGING]

[OBJECTS BREAKING]

[NOISES STOP]

[POUNDING]

DON MEDINA!

[POUNDING]

DON MEDINA!

THE KEY TO:

ELIZABETH'S ROOM.

THE KEY, I SAID!

AGAIN?

[UNLOCKING DOOR]

DO NOT GO THERE,

NICHOLAS.

I MUST, CATHERINE.

NICHOLAS!

NICHOLAS!

COME.

WHAT I HAVE DREADED

ALL THESE MONTHS...

HAS COME TO PASS.

YOU ARE WRONG,

NICHOLAS.

NO. NO, SHE HAUNTS ME

BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE THING

I DID TO HER--

MR. BARNARD!

WHAT IN THE NAME

OF HEAVEN?

AND HAVE YOU NOTHING

TO SAY, DON MEDINA?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, SIR.

DO YOU NOT, SIR?

THEN, WITH YOUR PERMISSION,

I WILL ENLIGHTEN YOU.

WHAT IS THE MEANING

OF THIS?

THE MEANING, DOCTOR,

IS THIS--

ONLY ONE PERSON:

IN THIS CASTLE:

COULD HAVE CAUSED ALL THESE

INEXPLICABLE OCCURRENCES.

THAT PERSON IS DON MEDINA.

WHAT?

YOU'RE MAD, SIR.

AM I?

MR. BARNARD,

I SWEAR THAT I--

THIS SECRET PASSAGE, SIR,

HOW CONVENIENT FOR YOU.

ENABLING YOU TO WHISPER

TO MARIA WITHOUT BEING SEEN.

THEN AFTER THE DOOR TO

ELIZABETH'S ROOM

HAD BEEN LOCKED BY YOU,

ENABLING YOU TO RETURN THERE

AND AT YOUR LEISURE,

DEMOLISH EVERYTHING.

YOU ARE WRONG, SIR.

I SWEAR I--

YOU ARE LYING, SIR!

WHEN MARIA SCREAMED,

WHERE WERE YOU?

WHEN ELIZABETH'S ROOM

WAS BEING TORN APART,

WHERE WERE YOU?

WHY WERE YOU NOT

INVESTIGATING THAT?

I--I WAS AFRAID.

YOU LIE!

BOTH TIMES YOU WERE IN

ELIZABETH'S ROOM YOURSELF!

BOTH TIMES YOUR OWN DOOR

WAS LOCKED,

PROTECTING YOU:

FROM DISCOVERY!

NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE!

WHY SHOULD NICHOLAS

DO THESE THINGS?

WHY?

IS IT POSSIBLE?

POSSIBLE I AM:

DOING THESE THINGS

UNAWARE?

TO PUNISH MYSELF?

NO, NICHOLAS, NO!

ONE OF THE SERVANTS

IS RESPONSIBLE.

MOST LIKELY MARIA.

COULD I HAVE KEPT THAT RING

WITHOUT KNOWING IT?

PLAYED THE HARPSICHORD

WITHOUT KNOWING IT?

DESTROYED ELIZABETH'S ROOM

ALL WITHOUT KNOWING IT?

MY INNER MIND...

CREATING EVIDENCE OF

ELIZABETH'S VENGEFUL RETURN

BECAUSE THAT MIND KNOWS...

BUT I DON'T KNOW!

I WILL FIND OUT.

NO.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY,

CATHERINE.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY.

I MUST BE SURE!

I MUST BE SURE.

CAN YOU NOT STOP THIS?

I DO NOT BELIEVE

I WISH TO STOP IT,

MY DEAR.

IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY

OF CONVINCING NICHOLAS

THAT HE DID NOT:

BURY HIS WIFE ALIVE,

THEN I SAY:

BY ALL MEANS DO IT.

THIS GROUNDLESS DREAD

MUST FINALLY:

BE PUT TO REST.

WE WILL EXHUME ELIZABETH.

[CREAKING]

[CLANK]

[CREAKING]

TRUE.

TRUE!

I SWEAR TO YOU:

I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD.

ON MY HONOR AS A PHYSICIAN,

I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD.

I SWEAR TO YOU!

TRUE.

TRUE.

TRUE.

TRUE!

NICHOLAS!

NO, NICHOLAS!

TRUE!

[THUNDER]

[C*CKS PISTOL]

NICHOLAS!

[THUNDER]

[SOBBING]

I KILLED HER.

I KILLED HER.

NO, NICHOLAS.

I KILLED HER.

I KILLED HER.

[THUNDER]

NICHOLAS.

I WOULD SUGGEST,

NICHOLAS,

THAT YOU LEAVE:

THIS PLACE.

YOUR REMAINING HERE

CANNOT HELP ELIZABETH NOW.

TRY TO UNDERSTAND,

NICHOLAS.

I AM A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE.

NEVER IN MY CAREER

HAVE I SEEN A CONDITION

WHICH SO COMPLETELY

PARALLELED:

THE PHYSICAL:

APPEARANCE OF DEATH.

YOU CANNOT FEEL:

RESPONSIBLE, NICHOLAS.

WHILE WE WERE UP HERE

MOURNING HER,

SHE WAS ALIVE,

STRUGGLING TO BE FREE.

I AM RESPONSIBLE.

IF IT WERE NOT SO,

SHE WOULD NOT WANT

TO HAUNT ME.

SHE DOES NOT HAUNT YOU,

NICHOLAS.

CAN YOU NOT SEE THAT?

IT IS YOU:

PUNISHING YOURSELF.

I MUST LEAVE IN THE MORNING.

ALREADY I HAVE BEEN

GROSSLY NEGLIGENT

OF MY OTHER PATIENTS.

I BEG OF YOU...

LEAVE WITH ME.

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