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The Tell-Tale Heart Page #5
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I talked more freely
to get rid of the feeling,
but it continued,
and gained definiteness.
Until, at length,
I found that the noise
was not within my ears.
No doubt I now grew very pale.
But I talked more fluently
and with a heightened voice.
Yet the sound increased,
and what could I do?
I gasped for breath.
And yet the officers
heard it not.
I talked more quickly,
more vehemently.
Surely it would surprise people
what evil the night
but not your eyes.
To be sure.
I smiled, for what
had I to fear?
I took my visitors
all over the house.
I bade them search, search well.
I led them at length
to his chamber.
I showed them his treasure,
secure, undisturbed.
In the enthusiasm
of my confidence,
I brought chairs info the room
and desired them, here,
to rest from their fatigues,
while I myself, in the wild
audacity of my perfect triumph,
placed my own seat
upon the very spot
beneath which reposed
the corpse of the victim.
Why would they not be gone?
But the noise
steadily increased.
Ah, God, what could I do?
I foamed, I raved, I swore,
but the noise
steadily increased.
It grew louder, louder, louder.
Was it possible they heard not?
They heard, they
suspected, they knew.
Anything was more tolerable
than this derision.
I could bear those
hypocritical smiles no longer.
I felt that
I must scream or die.
And now, again, hark, louder!
Louder!
Louder!
Villains, I shrieked.
Let me do it.
No, no, no, they'll do
no harm to the boards.
I'm a little less tidy
with the old man away.
No need, relax.
Relax.
Relax.
Yes, I did it.
I did it.
I did it.
Do you hear'?
I did it.
Let me show you.
I did it!
I did it!
I did it!
He's there
under the floorboards.
Dissemble no more.
I admit the deed.
Tear up the planks.
Here, here.
The beating
of his hideous heart.
It was here.
I don't understand.
It was here.
It was right here.
You been drinking?
Those were.
Those were.
It's happening.
You feeling okay, Sean'?
How do you know my name'?
How do you know my name'?
No, you should take me in.
I killed him.
What are you talking
about, Sean'?
You didn't kill anybody, Sean.
What did you do, Sean'?
What did you do, Sean'?
I killed him.
This shouldn't be happening.
I killed him.
I killed him!
I killed him.
It should be over.
We should be free.
Where was she?
I'd killed the eye.
Ariel.
Why won't this nightmare end?
Are you in there, Sean'?
Do you remember now'?
You told them
you had information.
To buy us some time.
If we keep quiet,
if we stay together,
we can get out of this.
Stay strong, don't give
them what they want.
It's too important.
Hey, listen,
he doesn't know anything.
You come talk to me.
I got all the information.
You, come here.
F*** you.
Sean, don't tell them anything!
Sean!
I wish we could
escape from here.
Just get away from this house.
Fill your head up
with entirely new memories.
The man isn't any
smarter than you are.
We don't need him
watching over us
to get better.
I had given
up hope when we returned.
There was no sign of you.
What kind of sick torture
did they do to you?
What information
did you give them?
Snap out of it, Sean.
What did they do to you'?
What did they do to you'?
Sean!
But I wasn't strong enough.
I couldn't get us both out.
What did you tell them?
Why do you wanna know?
No, no, no, no,
you left me there to die.
You left me there. She
came, she came to save me.
I remember
she came and saved me.
What did they do to you, Sean'?
She was f***ing
never there, Sean.
What did they do to you, Sean'?
Are you in there?
Their names, Sean,
fell me their names.
What did they carve
out of your head, Sean?
You need to focus.
Focus and remember.
There are people
that don't like my work.
You will never leave this place.
And I can come
visit you anytime I like.
The only thing
keeping you here is you.
No, no, no, you left me, you left me
there to die. She came and saved me.
No, you don't remember, Sean. She was
never there. No, she came and saved me.
I cannot give you
back the pieces, Sean.
What's been taken away
can't be anyway.
Not when you carve them out.
I'm just keeping a few pieces
for the memories.
Good, you're just in time.
I fixed you something special.
I thought that
she would save me.
It's okay.
You're safe now.
I thought it was over.
Hey, they're here.
How did you get out, Sean?
She saved me.
She saved me.
Yeah, she did.
Nobody saved you, Sean.
Nobody saved you, Sean.
I hope what I'm gonna
tell you sinks in this time.
We've done this many times.
Interview number seven.
He'd never wronged
me, ridiculed me,
I think it was his eye.
I don't know what
to tell you, Sean.
I know not to interrupt
you during the telling.
You get too excited.
This was recorded
three years ago.
that can't be heard.
This is our interview
number eight.
I feel as if I
can hear everything.
This one is from a year ago.
True, I'm nervous,
I'm very nervous.
But why would that make me mad?
I've heard this story
and variations of it
for a while now.
I wanna know
what happened, Sean.
I wanna know what you told them.
Why did they let you go'?
Do you want a marker'?
This thing, eh'?
I dare you, come here.
I'm not your enemy.
You haven't been a pilot
for seven years, Sean.
Seven years.
You were shot down, Sean.
You hit your head
and suffered a bad concussion.
Thank God you were cunscious
enough to open your chute.
The Afghan's captured us
as soon as we hit the ground.
And the woman?
Ariel?
The one you speak about
every single time'?
Ariel is your therapist.
She works here, Sean.
A shrink, a trauma specialist.
The only thing
that's gonna help you...
is in there.
What do you know
about my problems?
This is what's wrong with you.
She's not your lover, Sean.
She's here to help you.
You understand that?
Here to help you.
You were never with her, Sean.
You're comatose
most of the time.
And not from drugs,
not from anything.
Just say it's a learned reflex.
Your mind...
protecting you from its memory.
No, the old man...
You never killed anyone, Sean!
I don't know where the old man comes from!
The old man.
When you finish carving
all the pieces, Sean.
What good are carvings
that can't be admired?
There, Sean.
You tell me the same
you come out of it!
And you never say it right!
My pills.
Where are my pills?
You took my pills?
Where are my pills?
Give me the f***ing pills.
Where do you go, Sean'?
In between our
little meetings here.
I last saw you four months ago.
And before that
it was seven months.
And before that it was years
between episodes.
Where do you go'?
I wanna help you, Sean.
Just like you helped me.
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