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I recollect your telling me at the time, sharply enough, and rightly too, in one sense, that I had ruined the reason of a human being by a foolish experiment, based on an absurd theory. I RECOLLECT YOUR TELLING ME AT THE TIME SHARPLY ENOUGH AND RIGHTLY TOO IN ONE SENSE THAT I HAD RUINED THE REASON OF A HUMAN BEING BY A FOOLISH EXPERIMENT BASED ON AN ABSURD THEORY
 you say you saw die under circumstances of the utmost and almost incredible horror. I was interested in your account, but a good deal, nay all, of what you told me I knew already. I can understand the strange likeness you remarked in both the portrait and in the actual face; you have seen Helen’s mother. You remember that still summer night so many years ago, when I talked to you of the world beyond the shadows, and of the god Pan. You remember Mary. She was the mother of Helen Vaughan, who was born nine months after that night. Mary never recovered her reason. She lay, as you saw her, all the while upon her bed, and a few days after the child was born she died. I fancy that just at the last she knew me; I was standing by the bed, and the old look came into her eyes for a second, and then she shuddered and groaned and died. It was an ill work I did that night when you were present; I broke open the door of the house of life, without knowing or caring what might pass forth or enter in. T HELEN VAUGHAN WHOM YOU SAY YOU SAW DIE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE UTMOST AND ALMOST INCREDIBLE HORROR I WAS INTERESTED IN YOUR ACCOUNT BUT A GOOD DEAL NAY ALL OF WHAT YOU TOLD ME I KNEW ALREADY I CAN UNDERSTAND THE STRANGE LIKENESS YOU REMARKED IN BOTH THE PORTRAIT AND IN THE ACTUAL FACE YOU HAVE SEEN HELEN'S MOTHER YOU REMEMBER THAT STILL SUMMER NIGHT SO MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I TALKED TO YOU OF THE WORLD BEYOND THE SHADOWS AND OF THE GOD PAN YOU REMEMBER MARY SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF HELEN VAUGHAN WHO WAS BORN NINE MONTHS AFTER THAT NIGHT MARY NEVER RECOVERED HER REASON SHE LAY AS YOU SAW HER ALL THE WHILE UPON HER BED AND A FEW DAYS AFTER THE CHILD WAS BORN SHE DIED I FANCY THAT JUST AT THE LAST SHE KNEW ME I WAS STANDING BY THE BED AND THE OLD LOOK CAME INTO HER EYES FOR A SECOND AND THEN SHE SHUDDERED AND GROANED AND DIED IT WAS AN ILL WORK THAT I DID THAT NIGHT WHEN YOU WERE PRESENT I BROKE OPEN THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE OF LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING OR CARING WHAT MIGHT PASS FORTH OR ENTER IN
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