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Helen Vaughan did well to bind the cord about her neck and die, though the death was horrible. The blackened face, the hideous form upon the bed, changing and melting before your eyes from woman to man, from man to beast, and from beast to worse than beast, all the strange horror that you witness, surprises me but little. HELEN VAUGHAN DID WELL TO BIND THE CORD AROUND HER NECK AND DIE THOUGH THE DEATH WAS HORRIBLE THE BLACKENED FACE THE HIDEOUS FORM UPON THE BED CHANGING AND MELTING BEFORE YOUR EYES FROM WOMAN TO MAN FROM MAN TO BEAST AND FROM BEAST TO WORSE THAN BEAST ALL THE STRANGE HORROR THAT YOU WITNESS SURPRISES ME BUT LITTLE
e 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. 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 did well to blame me, but my theory was not all absurdity. What I said Mary would see she saw, but I forgot that no human eyes can look on such a sight with impunity. And I forgot, as I have just said, that when the house of life is thus thrown open, there may enter in that for which we have no name, and human flesh may become the veil of a horror one dare not express. I played with energies which I did not understand, you have seen the ending of it.  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 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 DID WELL TO BLAME ME BUT MY THEORY WAS NOT ALL ABSURDITY WHAT I SAID MARY WOULD SEE SHE SAW BUT I FORGOT THAT NO HUMAN EYES CAN LOOK ON SUCH A SIGHT WITH IMPUNITY AND I FORGOT AS I HAVE JUST SAID THAT WHEN THE HOUSE OF LIFE IS THUS THROWN OPEN THERE MAY ENTER IN THAT FOR WHICH WE HAVE NO NAME AND HUMAN FLESH MAY BECOME THE VEIL OF A HORROR ONE DARE NOT EXPRESS I PLAYED WITH ENERGIES WHICH I DID NOT UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SEEN THE ENDING OF IT
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