#Mea Tenebra

[random-cafe]

2024.02.21

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Head : Lelutka Lilly EvoX Shape : my own Skin : DeeTaleZ Skin Paige Hairstyle : NO MATCH_NO_BAN Eyes : S H I M M / CLVIII FULLSET Lashes : VELOUR "SPIDER NEON" LASHES Ears : ^^Swallow^^ Pixie Gauged S Ears Piercing : Mea Tenebra - Wicked ~Little Fish~ Cleo Earrings : Mea Tenebra - Knox + Mea Tenebra - Glamora Neck tattoo : Mea Tenebra - Lotus Face sticker : [Onyx] Murder vibes Face tattoo : [Onyx] You Lose! Tattoo Face scar : Ladybird. // Sophie Scar

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[lacrymoon]

Cyber Ghoul

Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just… programmed?

Credits:

LeLutka Alain 2.5 head + Legacy Classic meshbody

Stray Dog – Tatsuo in tone 3 + Legacy body skin

Somnus – Ghoul Eyes in Night (available at the marketplace)

Dura – U111 Hair (Fatpack A)

Gabriel – Cyber Catharsis Arms in Blue (Cyber Fair June 2021)

SEKAI – Cyber Scythe in Black/White (Cyber Fair June 2021; won from giveaway!)

Kitz’une – Cybernetic Gadgets (discounted at Cyber Fair June 2021)

Gutchi – Super Boots MK I in Bulletproof White

Stop – Jean Black Skull Patch (Man Cave 2021 Anniversary gift)

Marked – Spike & Chain Accent Earrings

Toksik – Amai Piercings (group gift)

This Is Wrong – Suture makeup (Man Cave 2021 Anniversary gift)

Dappa – Akuma Tattoo in Fresh (Man Cave 2021 Anniversary gift)

Mea Tenebra – Rotten Love tattoo (gift)

The Bearded Guy – Ace of Hearts backdrop (Man Cave 2021 Anniversary gift)

♡ Lacry

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[theglamoursauce]

Pefectly Flawed

Pefectly Flawed #SecondLife #VirtualWorld #VirtualReality #VR #metaverse

I’m one of those can’t-sit-still-have-to-have-something-on-the-go type people and have always had something on the go in Second Life. Many years ago I owned a rock club called !Exodus!. We played rock music…any kind of rock music. If you could put the word ‘rock’ after it you could play it. Modern, Indie, Classic, Blues, Heavy, Alternative, Punk…and everything in between. Even a bit of pop rock…

[ssisch]

#29 - 2023

~ me myself and I ~ [AK ADVX](kaoz.koba) - Pride F Head @ Akeruka Mainstore DeeTaleZ (Steffi Villota) Skin *Nora* for LELEVOX/BROWS: none/ Velour-GLAM DeeTaleZ MU *Veins * for LELU EVOX/ Light Skin . Nar Mattaru .(Jade Nova) Genetics Set {Moles} Tintable . Nar Mattaru . Genetics Set {Brow Lines} Ghoul [SB](Juno Panache) B.Huntress Up [Brow B] 11 @ Vintage Fair -SU!- (Eleanor Hexem) Bruja Eye…

[merrinla]

I need more of him speaking latin please

Translated spells from devnotes

Flagra – Blaze

Arde – Burn

Maior, fortior – Greater, stronger

Fulgur – Lightning

Glacies – Ice

Acidum – Acid

Dolor – Pain

Malleus – Hammer

Confusio – Confusion

Morere – Die

Veni et iuva me – Come and aid me

Configo – I pierce

Ignis – Fire

Peri – Perish

Macte virtute – Be blessed (for your courage)

Ira et dolor – Wrath and pain

Te curo – I cure you

Treme – Shiver

Quod dico face – Do as I say

Invoco te – I summon you

Tonitrus – Thunder

Deure – Wither

Macesce – Wither

Cudo – I beat

Mortalis – Deadly

Ferio – I strike

Frange – Shatter

Inficio – I poison

Stupefacio – I strike (you) dumb

Impero tibi – I command you

Incende – Set fire

Diminuo te – I shatter you

Tormentum – Torture

Gela – Freeze

Perure – Be consumed

Ira – Wrath

Caedo – I cut

Ex Textura – From the Weave

Detono – I thunder

Mortem tuum sum – I am your death

Venenum – Poison

Tu es nihil – You are nothing

Dissolve – Melt

Dialino – I shred

Torre – Roast

Vis medicatrix – Healing Power

Seco – I carve

 Circulus mortis – Circle of death

Resisto mortem – I resist death

Vita excolatur – Let life be enriched

Voco spicae – I summon spikes

Magis amica veritas – Truth is a better friend

Te video – I see you

Tempestas – Wind

Risum teneatis? – Can you help laughing?

Resisto ignem – I resist fire

Non fit injura – No harm is done

Sphaera mortis – Sphere of death

Corpora sana – Healthy bodies

Diminue – Be diminished

Crescit eundo – It grows as it goes

Intactilis sum – I am untouchable

Ververo – I lash

Obedi me – Obey me

Pulso – Open up

Ad lapidem – To stone

Non compos mentis – (You are) not in control of your faculties

Esurio – Be afraid

Resisto frigus – I resist cold

Omnia mutantur – Everything changes

Signum arcanum – Magic symbol

Ad maiorem dei gloriam – For the greater glory of god

Tenebra – Darkness

Mundus vult decipi – The world wants to be deceived

Nulla salus – There is no salvation

Punge – Sting

Ludus non factum est – The game is not over

Hostium munera – Gifts of enemies

Plue – Let it rain

Esto perpetua – May it be perpetual

Bene curatur – It can be healed well

Non movere – Don’t move

Voco murus – I summon a wall

Morio – You absolute fool

Voco flagella – I summon tentacles

Venustior – More charming

Pallida mors – Pale death

Aresce – Dry up

Resarcio – I repair

Evanesco – I disappear

Vincere est vivere – To conquer is to live

Fiat voluntas dei – May god’s will be done

Et alibi – And elsewhere

Invisibilis – Invisible

Propera – Hurry up

Inaccessus – Inaccessible

Nocturnus – By night

Vos curo – Heal you

Demento te – I drive you insane

Agilius – With more agility

Caveat incantator – Let the caster beware

Inexpugnabilis – Impregnable

Virtus et scientia – Virtue and knowledge

Voco vineae – I summon vines

Tempora mutantur – The times have changed

Maledicte es – You are cursed

Vincit qui patitur – He conquers who endures

Voco potentia – I summon power

Risus abundat – Laughter is abundant

Pulchrior – More beautiful

Da mihi facta – Give me the facts

Ocior – Make haste

Resisto venenum – I resist poison

Horribilissimus – The most horrible

Loquere si tibi placet – Speak if you please

Stabilio – I stabilize

Voco araneae – I summon webs

Te occludo oculos – I close your eyes

Dum vita est, spes est – Where there’s life, there’s hope

Canto te – I enchant you

Caeco te – I blind you

Mors tua, vita mea – Your death, my life

Fiat lux – let there be light

Para bellum – Prepare for war

Volo non fugia – I fly but do not flee

Gigans – Giant

Vivat crescat floreat – May it live and grow

Efferve – Swarm over

Ubi es? – Where are you?

Surge – Arise

Incommodum – Disaster

Siccut cattus – Like a cat

Citius – Faster

Resisto acidum – I resist acid

Mors certa – Death is certain

Te adstringo linguam – I bind your tongue

Ex nihilo – Out of nothing

Sine metu – Without fear

Voco glacies – I summon ice

Minimus – The smallest

Intellego – I understand

Voco nubes – I summon clouds

Auribus teneo lupum – I hold the wolf be the ears

Corruptus – Infected

Ale me – Feed me

Flagello – I whip

Es praedae mei – You are my prey

Cave circulum – Beware of the circle

Amo sanguinem – I love blood

Amicus animalis – Friend of animals

Mors animae – Death of the soul

Cum mortuis in lingua mortua – With the dead in a dead language

Aqua pura – Clear water

In nocte consilium – The night brings advice

Umbrae – Shadows

Tibi do pennas – I give you wings

Te absolvo – I acquit you

Inveniam viam – I will find a way

Irretio in sphaera – I trap you in sphere

Ostende secretorum tuorum – Reveal your secrets

Oculus tempestatis – The eye of the storm

Resurg – You will rise again

Mutatis mutandis – With appropriate changes

Tuebor – I will protect

Aridissimus – Driest

Intelligenti pauca – Few words suffice for he who understands

Eiecto te – I throw you out

Cresceat scientia – Let knowledge grow

Silentium – Silence

Impero te – I command you

Time – Be afraid

Resisto – I resist

Video veritatem – I see the truth

Viam sapientiae – The way of wisdom

Stultissime – You most stupid

Ut ventus – Into the wind

Secreti umbrarum – The secrets of the shadows

Clausus – Locked

Lux in tenebra – Light in darkness

Ab uno disce omnes – From one, learn all

Ad vitam aeternam – To eternal life

Impero mortuos – I command the dead

Morbidus – Diseased

Sol Invictus – Unconquered Sun

Te exsecror – I curse you

Mors incerta, vita certissima – Death is uncertain, life the most certain

Gustas dulcis – You taste so sweet

Fronti nulla fides – Appearances deceive

Dissera – Open up

Expello te – I expel you

Extende – Enlarge

Voco arvina – I summon grease

Vae victis – Woe to the conquered

Scio, Didici, Pecto – I know, for I have studied, with my mind

Vita, Mortis, Careo – Life, and death, I am without

Manus, Potentis, Paro – A hand, powerful, I prepare

Veritas, Credo, Oculos – The truth, I believe, with my eyes

Facio, Voco, Ferre – This I do, I call, to bring you forth

Incertus, Pulcher, Imperio – Uncertain, beautiful things, I command

Cupio, Virtus, Licet – I want, excellence, allowed to me

Praeses, Alia, Fero – Protecting, another, I bring this forth

[latinare]

my magnum opus:

Salve, mihi nomen est Hebenus Tenebrae Dementia Corvus Via, et capillos promissos hebeni coloris habeo (quod est quomodo meum nomen mihi datus sit) paucis purpureis lineis attingentes usque medium tergum et oculos glaciales et caeruleos similes limpidis lacrimis, etiam multi homines semper mihi dicebant meam faciem esse similem faciei Amatae Lee (Adnotatio Scriptoris: si nescias quae illa sit, abi ex hinc!) Non sum cognatam Gerard Viae sed volo me fuisse cognatam quod valde speciosissimum est. Sanguisuga sum tamen candidis et rectis dentibus. Pallidam et albam cutem habeo. Maga quoque sum, etiam ad magam scholam appellatam Hogvartensem Anglia ibam ubi in septem annum sum (in duodeviginti aetatis annum sum). Gotham sum (si non potueris intellegere) et plerumque nigras vestes gerebam. Tabernam appellatam Gratiossisimam Rem amo et semper omnes meas vestes ex illinc emebam. Exempli gratia, hodie nigra adminicula pari ornato et subtili textili cingente id et minimam castulam factam ex corio gerebam roseis textis tibialibus et nigras caligis. Nigrum pigmentum in ore, album pigmentum in vultu, stibium et rubeum pigmentum super oculos gerebam. Extra Hogvartense ambulabam. Ningebat et pluebat ut sol deesset, ob quod maxime gaudebam. Multi parati me spectaverunt. Medium digitum ad eos sustuli.

oh my GOSH @anneonomus

have you done/are you doing the whole thing??

[dolce-tenebra-toscana]

Everytime i forget that Diavolo is from Sardegna...

I imagine him sitting in his office, the window barely open ( just enough light to make his features barely visible ), his green eyes staring into the soul of the poor bastard in front of him...while the Tazenda plays in the background cheerfully singing " BALLA CHI COMO BENIT CARRASECARE!! "

And i find this so ridiculous and iconic my brain just wheeze and calls itself dumb 🤣

Note from tenebra: la musica sarda è bellissima

The Tazenda are a pop/ethnic music group from Sardegna, formed in 1988 ✌️

They were also contestants in " Festival di Sanremo " 1991 and 1992 💜💜

Here's the link to some of their songs, my dad used to listen to them when i was a child so i know them pretty well and i love their vibe 🥳

" Carrassecare "

" Domo Mea "

" Spunta la luna dal monte "

[violetmeoowsl]

♰ 𝕾𝖕𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖔𝖗𝖘♰

Pose:  PSYCHO POSE - 5 POSE BENTO - BLOGGER 4 

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♰ 𝕮𝖑𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘 ♰

Bikini: AVEC TOI - Nancy Bikini

Hair: Platinum - "Irina" Hairstyle

Maze: CryBunBun - WitchiMochi Garters

Gloves: RENIE : MOLLY GLOVES

Claws: - PENDULUM - AURIC . Claws

Bellychain: RAWR! Lilith Bellychain

Earrings: Vibing -- Mae Earrings

Choker: . :  Mea Tenebra  : .  Feline Collar

Armbands: ~~ Ysoral ~~ .:Luxe Armbands Sofia :.

Belly Piercing: ~~YsoraL~~.:Luxe Belly Piercing Assia :.(Reborn)

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♰ 𝕬𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖒𝖞 ♰

Head: lel EvoX AVALON

Body: REBORN by eBODY 

[applexscruff]

Moth Into Flame

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C R E D I T S:

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Heaux - Anya Skin @ The WareHouse Sale [x]

Yomi - Dirge Hair & Shaved Hairbase

Reverie - Mars Eyes @ The Warehouse Sale [x]

Reverie - Rina Eyeshadow @ Sabbath [x]

Cubic Cherry - Vega Scar @ The WareHouse Sale [x]

Just Magnetized - Gyaru Doll Eyeliner [x]

Dazed - Juicy Freckles [x]

Tear - Liv Gloss [x]

Swallow - Gauged Ears [x]

Suicidal Unborn - Gauged S Piercings [x]

- Body & Clothes

Legacy - Perky Body [x]

CryBunBun - A.Control Waifu @ The WareHouse Sale [x]

Mea Tenebra - Must Have Tattoo [x]

AsteroidBox - Aubrey Pants [x]

Morass - Arms Fishnets [x]

Nar Mattaru - Stiletto Nails [x]

- Accessories

Kotte - Simple Lolly [x]

RZ - Face Band-aid & Bruise Tattoo [x]

- Backdrop

Paleto - C. Laundry @ Access [x]

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[severussnapeconfessions]

I 💙 Snape ! I'm just curious if you have an opinion of the Snamione ship and o have the name of a really good fic if you're a fan

Oh boy, I do. Message from 2016. Shit.

At first I was disgusted by the SSHG notion. But after I've read a few fanfictions, I began to understand it.

Hermione Granger, despite being half his age, is the intelectual equal of Snape. Academic to the heart, brave, and if you imagine, their intelligence combined would be unattainable.

There are some fanfictions that are brilliantly written and forgive me for being vague but I will try to give you names from memory

Camerado

The prisoner and the occlumens

Anima Mea

Post Tenebras Lux

Crap I've read so many of them, and I am reading fanfiction again after 10 years of hiatus. So I am basically just reading a new one every two days, and I can't seem to memorize the names. What a disgrace.

AND I WISH I HAD SAVED MY FAVOURITE FANFICTIONS IN A BOOKMARKED FOLDER.

If you want some advice, do as I am also doing: check out the SSHG tag on Reddit. There's ALWAYS someone asking for new fic recs. Have a look.

[vincentp17]

Menzogne !!!

I signori del potere hanno costruito una civiltà su un cumulo di menzogne, sarebbe più preciso dire che se ne sono impossessati, la loro ambiguità ha finito per generare una sorta di realtà alternativa, una società civile, costruita dai nostro padri, che credevano fermamente in quello che dicevano e facevano, e una società sommersa nella prima a nascondere la propria natura perversa, incivile, che tutto l’opposto di quella cui affermano di vivere –sempre riferendomi ai signori del potere- che i discendenti di quei padri fondatori, corrotti e avidi, hanno eretto in nome del profitto. In definitiva, una civiltà che rispecchia appieno la natura dell’essere umano, quel dualismo di ying e yang, luce e tenebra, male e bene.

A differenza, però, che la loro realtà e fatta di assoluta tenebra, un mondo oscuro in cui tutti devono loro, tutti sono ai loro piedi, tutti dipendono dalla loro parola. questi personaggi, molto singolari, amano decidere della vita altrui, disporre dei loro simili che definiscono operai ma nella loro mente sono solo schiavi al loro servizio, cui devono loro piena e assoluta obbedienza.

La loro economia non è il lavoro, non è di certo il produrre beni di consumo essenziali e di utile dominio, essa si basa sul consumismo, spingere il genere umano ad acquistare tutto quello che gli capita tra le mani, indipendentemente se si tratta di utilità o meno.

Parlano di lotta all'inquinamento, al surriscaldamento globale, alla prevenzione delle malattie, si, ma in realtà è solo un pretesto per girare la frittata dalla loro parte, ovvero prelevare fondi pubblici a loro piacimento per ottenere maggiori profitti. Per il resto poi, basta puntarsi il dito l'un l'altro ma mai fare un mea culpa.

Sono vili e privi di scrupoli, gli uomini di potere, nessuno conta per loro quanto sé stessi che mettono al centro del mondo, egocentrici nel loro modo d'essere, trattano gli altri come oggetti di uso comune, ponendosi al di sopra di tutto e tutti. Soprattutto non sono persone affidabili, loro credono solo in sé stessi, gli altri sono solo individui da sfruttare per i pori fini. Per questo sono inaffidabili, non si legano a nessuno e possono tradirti in qualunque momento, dipendono solo da chi li sostiene nelle folle ideologie.

Per questo hanno costruito un mondo che si basa sulla menzogna, dato che il mondo dei loro padri si basava sulla giustizia, fratellanza, uguaglianza, di certo non è adatto alle loro idee di possesso ma del vivere insieme in armonia e soprattutto in pace.

[xiosandrafirelyte]

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[toxxicrhiannyr]

★ Body / Skin / Head

Head: Lelutka Avalon Body: Ebody Reborn Skin: Avarosa - Maia - Icy

Skin Add ons -  [avarosa] Blush Add-On 50% [avarosa] Ears - Icy [avarosa] Eyeshadow 50% [avarosa] Freckles Add-On 50% [avarosa] Maia Skin (Browless) - Icy

Body Skin: VELOUR x ITGirls - Picasso - Icy

★ Cosmetics

Lashes: -Influence-Charmant Eyelashes Eyebrows: -Influence-Youpi Eyebrows "BIGGER PRESET" Face Tattoo: .TENEBRE.. - No Soul - Lightest

Highlight & Contour: [Heaux] Buttons Highlight LELUTKA [Heaux] EvoX Essentials - Cheeky Highlight (Tint me!) [Heaux] EvoX Essentials v2 - Cheek Highlight 1 [Heaux] EvoX Essentials v2 - Nose Contour 1 [Tint Me!] [Heaux] EvoX Essentials v2 - Nose Contour 2 [Tint Me!] [Heaux] EvoX Essentials v2 - Nose Highlight Bonnie - Hollow Nose Highlight [REVERIE] Gysa Eyes - Highlight - 50%

Blood Tears: [REVERIE] Cursed Eyes - Blood tears A Eyeshadow: [REVERIE] Heavy Heart Eyeshadow - EvoX - v1 - #15 Eyebags: [REVERIE] Imperfections Set - EvoX - Eyebags \ Tone 02 Scars: [SB] *EvoX AVALON* LA Neu [Scars] 04 Half Smaile: [TEAR] Oni Half Smile - R - Mid - 65% Limb Fades: { aa } Limb Fade Tattoo - Black (LOWER) Hairbase: Angel Eyes - BABY HAIR 7 Hairbase EvoX - WHITE Blush: darkmoon - blush 1 . Tintable Hands: Clemmm - Damaged Hands *Bruises and grit* Body Blush: CRY BB.- body blush [tint me] Face veins: DeeTaleZ - MU *Veins * for LELU EVOX/ Dark Skin Face add ons: Izzie's - LeL Evo X - 03 Capillaries 60% Chapped Lips: Malina - Bitey lips / Lelutka EVO X / BOM - 6 70% Nose Bleed: NEON - NOSE BLEED - (demon) Nose Scar: NEON - NOSE SCAR - (fresh) Eyeliners: tres beau x lelu evox - purrfect eyeliner Lip Tattoo: Mea Tenebra - Ego - lick me

★ Accessories

Tail: Petrichor - Araxxis Tail [Metallic Version] Goggles: Tanaka - RENCHII GOGGLES - DARKSIDE #18 RARE Ears: Swallow - Gauged XL Ears (f) // ^^Swallow^^ Tone 9 Ring pop: Bunk. - Blingpop V1 (R) Rings: e.marie - Nalani Rings - Silvers { eBody F } Earrings: e.marie - Rowan Earrings - Silvers { Swallow XL Gauged F } Septum: EVERMORE - BIJI SEPTUM - ADD.ME Eye Tape: FREYA - My tape eye L Light / Joint Box: hive - cannabis & caffeine . joint box . holdR Body Tattoo: Hoodlem - Fruitful x Reg (BOM)

★ Horns: 

Pushin' Daisies - Namsi Horns - Gradient - Black Pushin' Daisies - Namsi Horns - Gradient - Shine 1 Pushin' Daisies - Namsi Horns - Gradient - Shine 2 Pushin' Daisies - Namsi Horns Pushin' Daisies - Namsi Horns - Skin - Pale 2

Hair: Stealthic - Havoc (S Head/M Breast) Bangs: Magika - Bangs - Mira 

★ Outfit:

Pantyhose: 2 FACS - Ripped Pantyhose Black Shirt: alterego. half tees - reborn - stripes - white Harness: alterego. teagan harness - reborn Elbow / Kneepads: FACS ~ Reborn Elbowpads / FACS ~ Reborn Kneepads

Shorts: imbue. cut-off shorts - ebody reborn - dark grey Boots: Phedora ~ Savin Boots ~ Ebody Reborn

★ Pose: babyboo. antisocial 01 + baseball bat ★ Deformers: Pretty Liar Flat Ass + Belly Flater + Low Back LEVEL 1 ★ Extras: Eye Twitching HUD [v1.0] ★ Extras: Insomnia Angel . Nose Wiggle

[lucy-starlight]

In the Darkness

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Hair: Stealthic - Realness Tiara: Mea Tenebra - Iustitiam Kitty Ears: Sweet Thing - Fluffy Neko Ears Kitty Tail: Sweet Thing - Fuwa Tail Wings: Minttea - Small Angel Wings Tattoo: Garden of Ku - Skoll Dress: AsteroidBox - Zoya Dress Boots: AsteroidBox - Rose Boots

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Rotersand feat. Evendorff - Light Grey

[transthomastaylor]

Ad abbātissam Agatham (Bergīs) Mārcella (Nīdrōsiae) mittit epistolam.

​Cāra abbātissa, tibi scrībō dē rē, quam, nisi mē teste ēvēnisset, nōn ipsa crēderem accidisse. Tam mīra est, ut tibi quoque fortasse in mentem subeat dubium — quōnam modō in haec, quae sōlum Diabolō jubente, Deō ipsō oppugnante et Nātūrā, ambōbus in proeliō hūmānōrum spīrituum perpetuō ā Satanā victīs, potuissent fierī, rēvērā humilis Deī famula inciderit — sed fidēlis semper erās vēritātis inquīsītrīx, rēctae sententiae prōpugnātrix, mea amātrīx. Nōn dubitō, quīn mihi pōscentī opem ferās.

​Quid plūra? Brevī ōrātiōne et parcā expōnam, quae ante noctem illam, quā prīmum Diabolī servam intuita sum, facta sint, nam, contingentibus ēventīs omissīs, vereor, nē eō difficilius fīat crēdere et intellegere: hāc aestāte occidente, migrātiōnem parāvī in oppidum nōn longē procul Nīdrōsiā, quod subjectum erat castellō lapideō atque antīquissimō, quō familia dignitāte et nōbilitāte longē excelsa, leōniparmēnsis, rēge Sigurdō Magnī fīliō mortuō, rēgnō cūnctō perturbātiōnēs magnās patiente, dolō potīta esse dīcitur, quum (nam ita in annālibus lēgeram) castellum quondam ligneum ferēque omnēs comitiālis gentis incendiō periissent. Comitem inibī habitāsse sōlitāriam agricolās percontāns nācta eram, at plūra nōn dīcere audēbant; saepe crucem sanctam manibus gestulantēs significābant, neque ūllam ex ōre ēliciēbant vōcem. Aliī Deum imprecābantur, aliī in terram spuēbant, etiam aliī innumerīs superstitiōnibus populāribus cēdēbant. Eō tempore, ut mē nōrās, quamvīs fidēlis et bona christiāna semper eram, nōn facile in superstitiōsīs numerābar. Chrīstum et Deum ōrāre aliud, daemonēs, larvās, maleficās pugnāre longē aliud esse crēdēbam. Sed dē hōc aliās.

​Pergēbam ā praediīs sēmitā, quae dūcēbat ad oppidulum, cuj nōmen latīnum Pontī, cujus multiēs dē superstitiōnibus et narrātiōnibus vulgāribus scrīpta ā variīs ērudītīs sacerdōtibus relicta invēneram. Parvum vērō est, cujus incolae ad centum tantum jam videntur superesse; multī autem nōminis hīc apud superstitiōsōs.

​Quum per viās angustās atque ātrās equō advecta essem ad ecclēsiam, quam archepīscopus nīdrōsiēnsis paucīs sēstertiīs ēmerat restituitque, ut ancoram Fideī conderem, utque Jēsū Chrīstī lūcem extenderem in etiam longinquissimam et rudissimam rēgnī partem, mīrābar: nōn enim tam parva erat quam fore crēdideram, nec tamen ōrnāta velut ecclēsiae Nīdrōsae Bergīsque. Duo tabulāta habēbat, pullīs quasi igne dēnigrātīs parietibus ligneīs. Fenestrīs nūllus color erat nec effigiēs, neque intus quicquid vidēre poteram propter tenebrās, quod ego prīma hujus fānī antistes eram (aliae enim monachae cōnsecūtūrae erant, ubi cōnsecrāta esset). Etiam extrā aedem vespertīnae tenebrae optegere coepēre, ergō intrō fūgī, nē frīgoris nocturnī causā in nescioquō morbō inciderem. Equum in stabulum dūxī, nummō solūtō, ibīdem relīquī, ut stabulārius eum cūrāret.

​Nihil mōmentī accidit, quum dormiēbam in dormātōriō ecclēsiae. Prīmā lūce, gallō canente, experrēcta per fenestram dormātōriī viam propinquam intuita sum. Nēmō in viīs aderat, neque multī hominum apsentiam fēcī, quod plērōsque hīc habitantīs subagrestī ingeniō crēdēbam pigrōs et inhonestōs, quārē māne nōn ōrābant nec labōrābant. Ego vērō mūnere antistitis fungēbar quam optimē poteram.

​Vesperī iī cum incolīs collocūtum, quia ignōrābam quantā rūsticitāte oppidulum maledictum esset, neque superstitiōsī istī agricolae, quōs hūcūsque tendēns offenderam, vidēbantur bona exemplāria chrīstiānōrum virōrum. Nēmō ecclēsiam vīsitāverat interdiū, quō mīrābar. Sōla multum sedēbam in ecclēsiā precāns, arāneāsque nōnnunquam surrēpentīs calcitrāvī. Mē adeō taeduerat inertis sōlitūdinis, ut laetō animō, sōle occidente, exierim locūtum et, ut spērābam, agnōs in lūcem ductum.

​Jam vērō, etiamsī vesper immātūrus erat, plērīque omnēs hominēs domī inclūsī erant. Aliquem autem rūfum virum dēprehendī domum, ut appārēbat, tendentem, quī, rogātus, quid sibi nōmen esset, respondit ʻAlbertus.’ Cuj ego, ‘Quid domum nōndum nocte tendis, Alberte?’

Stupēns aliquantulum, ‘Nefās,’ inquit, ‘post sōlem occāsum extrā aedēs versārī.’

ʻNefās?’ rogāvī multō potentius stupēns quam ille.

‘Num nescīs,’ inquit, ‘ubi sīs? In Pontōrum umbrīs latet, manet, intuētur, antequam prōsilit trucīdatque!’

​Similia plūrima lēgī in annālibus Nīdrōsiae, sed, ut ante nōn crēderam, neque tunc vulgāribus superstitiōnibus cēdēbam. Itaque, ‘Sciō equidem,’ inquiī, ‘ubi sim. Nōn autem crēdō superstitiōsās fābellās. Num tū,’ inquiī, ‘nescīs Deum suōs agnōs pāscere et fovēre? Num crēdis Deum mē relictūrum?’

​ʻSī deus est, sunt loca, quae eum nōn nōvērunt, aut quae nōn ipse nōvit. Nōs nōn nōvimus Deum, tantum…’ Crucem sanctam manibus ita ut agricolae gestiēns signāvit antequam discēderet. ‘Bene valē,’ inquit dīmissā vōce, ‘sī vīvere in vōtīs habēs, mē domum sequere et prīmā lūce crāstinā fuge!’

​Prōh pudor — mē monacham domum invītāvit! Ērubēscēns eum sine morā discēdentem, semel tantum respicientem, stupefacta spectābam. Sī sapientior essem, cōnscūta essem. Viae jam omnīnō hominum vacuae erant, ergō ad ecclēsiam trīstis redīre cupiēbam — quid enim mē opus, quum hominēs tam perterritī ac timidī in superstitiōnem potius quam religiōnem cōnfugēbant? Mēcum susurrāns, ‘utinam,’ inquiī, ‘in prōpatulō mōnstrum nōn extāre probāre possem!’

​‘Nōn,’ nescioquae inquit melliloqua, ‘difficile profectō istud suscipiēs, quod, mōnstrum nūllum hīc habitat.’ Vōcem suāviloquam ā tergō audiēbam, cito igitur mē vertēns ad mulierem tam probē monentem parvum gemitum pavōris causā ēdidī. Quum autem eam in mediā tenebricōsā viā aspicerem, suāvem ejus fōrmam vōcī parem in umbrā discernere vix poteram, sed virginem eam juventūte adhūc fungī comperī, staturā vērō prōcēram, oculīs ut nigrī igniculī lūculentīs, capillō longō ac fūscō. Surrīsit.

​‘Salvē,’ inquiī quam cōmitissimē poteram, ‘quō tendis hāc noctū?’ Vultū dissimulābam mē gemitāsse brevīque mē timuisse.

​Rīdēre nōn dēsistēns, ‘Nesciō,’ inquit, ‘quid vesper sērus vehat — num tū tē scīre dīcere vīs?’ Italicam atque ērudītissimam loquēlam vetustāte mīrā et venustāte suptīlī īnsignem exhibēbat — crēde mihi, soror venerābilis; tandem Fideī nostrae ecclēsiasticaeque ērudītiōnis exemplar haud invīta accipere inter incolās ratiōnis aliēnōs, ingeniō silvestrīs, mōribus incompositōs, gestū et animō bēstiālīs poteram; tantā ēlatiōne nunquam ante affecta eram. Mihi vidēbar lacrimābunda gaudiī grātiā.

​Laeta igitur, ‘Ō ērudītissima,’ imquiī, ‘fēminārum! Sēriō vērō loquor, quum rogō, quō tendās.’

​‘Cuj ego,’ inquit, ‘sēriō respondeō mē nescīre, requīrōque, num tē scīre crēdās, ō blandissima animantum.’

​Mīrābar, an injūriam modo accēpissem necne, ignōrāns. Fortasse mē silente gāvīsa — dentēs enim candidī inter sanguinolenta labra fulgēbant — perrēxit ad hunc modum: ‘Ēnumerābō, quae fore, ut accidant, spērō, dum per hās sordidās viās deambulō: quaerō vidēlicet cēnam.’ ​Quam in viīs cēnam quaereret, nē conjectūrā quidem tangere poteram. Nōn vidēbātur mendica — immō dīvitem eam rata eram. Mē rem mente volventem oculīs extrā ōrdinem veteribus vīsīs intuēbatur, dōnec, ‘Vīn’ mēcum cēnāre, domina?’ rogāvī; ‘Ērudītārum mē egestātis in hāc regiōne piget.’ Tam sōlitūdine laesa eram, ut cum mendicā cēnāre vellem.

​At illa, ‘Sapis quidem,’ inquit, ‘sed hāc nocte nōn tēcum mihi negōtium est. Alicubī quaeram. Sed tamen nōn tantum cibus quaerendus est; ērudītārum sodālicium aequē dēsīderō. Sī crāstinō,’ inquit, ‘vespere castellum leōniparmēnse, quod quondam dītissimum omnium meā subāctum est gente Leōniparmārum, in quibus animam dūcēns numeror ultima, jam invītāta vīsitāre in animō habēbis, pergrāta recipiēris. Cēna parāta erit doctā virgine digna.’

Aliquae in ōre suptīlitās mihi facile persuāsisset, nisi ante quoque dominae cēnā et amīcitiā haud invītā dēlectārī cupīssem, ergō statim, ‘Tuā grātiā, domina, fēlīx hospes erō.’

​Vidēbātur haec ej satis facere, nam laeta rīdēns, ‘Optimē,’ inquit, ‘faciēs.’ Perrēxit hunc in modum: ‘Sed quid ais? Fessa vidēris, et ego quoque languēscō; utrīque abeundum cēnātum, utī bonā valētūdine in crāstinum ūtāmur.’

​Eam valēdicta relinquēns animadvertī mē cōnstantem intuentem, et penitus tremere coepī; quīdam horror occultus mē per noctem — edentem, ōscitantem, dormientem — sequēbātur.

​Posterō diē ubi prīmum experrēcta eram, habitumque nocturnum immūtāveram, homo quīdam, quem nōn nōram, ecclēsiam pallōre et rūfā caesariē īnsignis manibus gestiēns et clārā vōce gemēns intrāverat in hunc modum lacrimōsus clāmitāns:

​‘Mortuus est! Mortuus est!’

Rogātus, quis mortuus esset, respondit frātrem suum mortuum noctū, cuj nōmen Albertus. Cuj ego, ‘Albertum,’ inquiī, ‘herī vespertīnō colloquiō cognōscēbam.’ Celeriter, ‘nisi multī assint Albertī,’ adjēcī.

​Nihil lūgēbam tam superstitiōsum atque impium virum, sed, quamvīs erat rudis, frātris lacrimantis dolor mē quoque ad lacrimās mōvit. Mē autem collacrimante, aliquae animī fortitūdō virō rūfō accidit.

​Lacrimās tergēns, ‘Nōnne tū,’ inquit, ‘chrīstiāna es et Fideī prōpugnātrīx?’ Mē annūtante, loquī perrēxit: ‘Ergō meum fratrem sepelīre poteris? Nefās est extrā Deī beātitūdinem sepelīrī, etsī, multī praeteritīs annīs ita periēre.’

​Nōn vidēbam causam recūsandī, itaque eum domum sequēbar. Domus erat parva — multō ecclēsiā minor — trium conclāvium minimōrum, ex quibus duo erant cubicula magnae familiae. Ab Isaacō, ut erat frāter Albertī nōminātus, inducta sum in cubiculum, ubi Albertum placidum sed pallidum in lectō, oculīs clausīs, quasi dormīret, jacentem. Līberī uxorque ejus collacrimābant.

Accessī ad cadāver, Deōque precābar, ut animum mortuī servāret utque in caelīs acciperet. Precābar etiam prō postumīs, ut beātē vīverent, etiam patre tam cārō ēmortuō. Ad extrēmum aquam benedictam in cadāveris frontem sparsī (arcam enim nōn habēbant, neque emere poterant), at, dum ad caput inclīnābam, parva forāmina, quae morsum indicābant, in collō īnspēxī. Nihil tamen postumīs super forāminibus dīcere ausa sum, quae in mentem revocāre dolōrem nōllem. Albertō sanctificātō atque sepultō, ad ecclēsiam tandem reversa, sōlis occāsū propinquante, memineram comitem Leōniparmam mē cēnātum invītāsse. Immūtāvī iterum vestīmenta, ut aliquantulō lautior pulchriorque vidērer quam sōlitāria monacha, quae nūper hominem sepulcrō condidissem.

Sēmitā, quae per silvam dūcēbat ad castellum pulchrum, ōrnātum, omnium norvēgicōrum veterrimum, ambulābam lentē, nam, etsī iterum omnis oppidulī via hominibus vacābat, nūllum in mē terrōris, nūllum superstitiōnis sēmen virēscēbat. Pietās, sī quod mōnstrum vērum, quod fingere hau poteram, in umbrīs latuisset, tam corpus quam spīritum prōtēxisset. Cadāveris vērō memoriam volvēns aliquid dubiī in animum penetrāvit; quō morbō mortuus esset, nesciēbam, neque nōveram, num pestis in oppidō saevītūra esset. ‘Prōh dolor,’ mēcum murmurāvī, ‘sī quae hūc mē persecūta est pestilentia, peream nōn sine lacrimīs, quum tandem cursum, quem Omnipotēns mihi parāverat, crēderim mē repperisse.’

​Cōgitātiōnēs vērō istās in animī adytum remōvī religāvīque, nē hospes dēfatīgārem Dominam tam ērudītam et probātō locō nātam. Ubi tandem ad castellī līmen pervēneram, jānitōrem nōn adesse adepta, eam ter lēniter pulsāvī, nē rudis vidērer, nēve adeō silenter pulsandō strepitum ingōrāret quisquis forīs custōdiēbat.

​Nec mora, custōs probē armātus, omnīnō ferrō tēctus, jānuam aperuit, quī, quum grātiās agerem profundissimās, tamen nūllam vōculam, nē minimam quidem, ex ōre respondēns ēmittī patiēbātur. Enimvērō, modo intrō recēdēns, digitīs ferreīs mōnstrāvit, ut sequerer, quod, jam pavēscēns, nōn temerāria faciēbam.

​In castellī ātriō lucernae incēnsae erant et pulcherrima candēlābra aurea nitentia dēmōnstrābantur. Quōcunque dīrigēbam aciem, aut in aulaeīs magnificentissimīs, aut statuīs saxeīs, aut imāginibus veteribus ingentibusque incidit. Mīrābar, quia nūlla ante castra intrāveram tam lauta. Sequēbar mūtum custōdem per aliquot andrōnēs, modo ad dextram, modo ad laevam, modo sūrsum, quoad pervēnerimus ad apertum ōstium, per quod lūcēbat parva lūx. Mōnstrāvit mihi custōs manibus suptīliter gestiēns, ut intrārem.

​Quum ad līmen stābam, quam lēnissimē poteram ōstium totidem vicibus, quot paullō ante, pulsāvī, ōstiumque pulsātum amplius aperiēbātur. Introiēns aspiciēbam tot artificia aurea, argentea, aēnea, ut paene stupērem. In sellā apud mēnsam, apud quam, crēdō, duodēvīgintī hominēs ūnā comedere possent, fēmina sedēbat pulcherrima, ātrā stolā indūta, quasi prō fūnere vestīta. Bibēbat ex pōculō aureō. Post eam magnae fenestrae vēlātae ōrnābant mūrum saxeum ātrumque.

​‘Salva sit,’ inquit suāviter, ‘tua beātitūdō. Dubitāre occēpī tē mē conventūram.’

​‘Quid,’ inquiī, adeō stupefacta, ut oblīvīscerer salūtem impertīre, ‘tēcum, speculum omnis hūmānitātis fōrmōsitātisque, convenīre praetermitterem?’ Dulce rīdentem intuēbar pōculum bibāciter haurientem.

​‘Amābō tē,’ inquit, ‘ut mēcum sedeās, bibās, atque edās. Vērum enimvērō dēlectābis mē loquāx magis quam mūta.’ In mē aciēs dīrēxit perfīxitque nervōs et carnem; cor perfrīxit.

Cōnābar ēloquī quam minimē blaesa, sed frūstrā: ‘F-faciam,’ inquiī, ‘ut im-imperās!’ Vae mihi, cōgitābam; clāmāvī, neque clāmor eam fefellit. Auscultābam enim eam magnā vōce rīdentem.

‘Nē timida,’ inquit, ‘estō, opsecrō. Hūc accēde et hīc,’ dexterā sellam apud sē mōnstrāns inquit, ‘cōnsīde.’

​Accessī et cōnsēdī, ubi volēbat. Rīsit apertō ōre, canīnīs dentibus extrā ōrdinem grandibus candidīs patentibus. Prīmō dē dentibus rogāre volueram, sed, quum brevī cōgitāveram, nōn mē fallēbat illud rogāre minus cōme vidērī. Cēnam expectābam.

​‘Cēnāturīs,’ inquit, ‘certē; tibi prōferētur optima et lautissima cēna!’

​‘Benigne,’ inquiī, ‘dīcis,’ ast haud ōs aperuī antequam plūrēs ferreī custōdēs mūtī ingrederentur variōs cibōs portantēs. In mēnsā epulam positam ēsse coepī. Āh, quam venusta cēna! Piscātū, aucupiō, vēnatiōne vēscēbar; dēgustāvī aprum assum, jūs piscīnum, carōtās ēlixās, nucēs mellītās. Comes Leōniparma vīnum ātrum in pōculum meum fūdit ē paterā largā. Scīlicet apstēmia eram, ut plānē appāret ex victū, sed, quae tam cōmiter, ‘Mēcum,’ inquerat, ‘combibe, amābō, et amīcissimae fīāmus,’ negārī nōn poterat. Propīnāvimus prō aeternā amīcitiā et prō ērudītiōnis studiō. Vīnum nunquam gustāveram, sed gustātum statim adepta sum mihi nōn placēre; paene respuī prīmum haustum, sed, tam venerābilī muliere teste, nōn tantum opprobrium ferre poteram. Viscidius in ōre et in pōculō vidēbātur quam tēmētum, quod alibī vīderam fundī, ferreumque velut sanguinem redolēbat. Plūriēns hauriēbam, nē mihi displicuisse suspicārētur.

​Jam satis dē cēnā, dē colloquiō plūra. Percontābātur saepe et vēmenter dē vītā meā: ubi nāta essem, cuj respondī ‘Bergīs;’ num multās illīc amīcās habērem, cuj respondī mē tē sōlam, Agatha cārissima, in amīcārum numerō Bergīs habēre; quid igitur, rogāvit, mē ad victum religiōsum trāxisset, nisi amīcitia, cuj respondī pietātem et studium chrīstiānārum litterārum mē ad monastēriālem vītam attrāxisse.

​Ultimīs verbīs dictīs rīsit et, ‘Quid istā fidē opus est, ut studeās litterīs? Quae chrīstiāna pietās?’ Ego quidem stupefacta, ōre apertō, nihil respondī. Perrēxit, ‘Neque mē puellam,’ inquiēns, ‘litterīs studēre parentibus placuit, sed scientia vidēlicet vetārī nōn potest.’

​Ut ā fidē et parentibus, quōrum urtumque vidēbātur molestāre, sermōnem dūcerem, ‘Ubi litterīs et doctrīnā ērudīta es?’ rogāvī.

​Cuj illa, ‘Plērumque,’ inquit, ‘ego in Italiā; Mediolānī, Rōmae, Genuae; aliās in Germāniā; Hamburgī, Vindobonae; aliās Lutetiae ērudīrī, aliās etiam ad orientem fugere, ut ērudītōs magistrōs et illūstrīs quaererem, exemplī causā in Dāciā et Cōnstantīnopolī necnōn,’ inquit, ‘apud sarracēnōs —’ Ingemueram sed continuō mē continēre poteram et reticēre. Perrēxit, quasi nōn audīverat, sed surrīdente eā plānum erat mē lūdī. ‘—apud eōs enim,’ inquit, ‘studuī alchēmiae.’

​Paullīsper conticuit mē intuēns. Jam perterrita virīliter metum oppugnāvī, nē lacrimāns clāmitānsque tergum darem.

​‘Nisi alchēmiae,’ inquit, ‘disciplīnae studiōsissima fuissem, nunquam tam dīves facta essem, utī castellum ē ligneō et cineribus in lapideum verterem atque aurō, argentō ōrnārem.’

​‘Āh,’ inquiī, aliquod mendum suspicāns, ‘lēgī equidem in annālibus nōn minimā fidē dignīs castellum ex lignīs factum flammīs cōnsūmptum esse rēge Sigurdō Magnī fīliō nūper ēmortuō. Mēcum Nīdrōsiam mox iter faciās, ut annālīs ēmendēmus.’ Frūstrā cōnāta sum ej item ac mihimet ipsī id mendum fuisse suādēre.

‘Immō,’ inquit, ‘hīc retinēbimur ambae, nisi molestum erit. Neque enim annālēs prāvē īnscrīptī sunt.’ Clārā vōce rīsit. Pōculum — nesciō — fortasse quārtum vīnī exausī.

​Ita plūra dē alchēmiā loquēbatur, mē tacente et, quōnam modō effugerem, volvente ​‘Necromantiae,’ inquit, ‘quoque operam dō; num nescīs, quid sit?’ Nōn sat temporis datum erat, ut respondērem. ‘Invocō daemonēs,’ inquit mē omniaque sacra irrīdēns, ‘utī meā causā labōrent. Ecce,’ inquit ē sellā surgēns, ad alteram conclāvis partem trānsiēns, cistam, quae quasi ex tenebrīs subitō extāre vidēbātur, aperiēns, nescioquid ex eā tollēns, ‘hōc gladiō ūtor ad experimenta.’ Dēmōnstrāvit gladium capulō aureō cum gemmulīs exōrnātum, quī splendēbat et reflectit candēlābrōrum lūcem. Sciēbam mihi illō gladiō opus esse, ut mūtōs custōdēs oppugnārem, sī illinc vīva fugere cōnātūra eram. Reposuit gladium in cistā, neque tamen eam operuit.

​Sī modo abierit, cōgitābam, gladium tollam, eamque vincam, castraque cūrābō combūrenda cūncta. Precārī, etiam dēspērāns, coepī, ut Deus Omnipotēns angelum mitteret mē servātum et ex lupae lupānāre ēreptum.

​Subitō, post mē precantem, strepitus vitrī dīlapsī assonāvit, lapidemque aspexī in jūs piscīnum jactātum lābī. Audīre poteram vōcēs hominum clāmitantēs multum ac precantēs. ​‘Per Deum,’ quīdam inquit, ‘ōrō, ut, illam sī servārimus, vōbis aurī plēnam cistulam trādet. Dīvitēs enim scīre licet illī urbānī.’ Vōx erat clāra Isaacī, quā audītā admodum gaudēbam, quamvīs vultū ēlātiōnem dissimulārem.

​Comes vērō Leōniparma, quum iterum in eam aciēs dīrigēbam, perīrāta vidēbātur et cito ex cubiculō fūgit. Quā fugiente vīsā, nēdum frēta, ad arma properāvī. Invēnī gladium in cistā apertā cum multīs nummīs antīquīs et ē variīs gentibus ortīs, pōculōque argenteō. Gladium cēpī tam gravem, ut duārum manuum potentiā opus esset, quā sustinērētur. Ōciter ad fenestrās cōnfūgī, sed vidēns nūllō mē pactō incolumem dēlābī posse, in andrōnem sequēbar Comitem. Cucurrī per andrōnem rēctā viā, ut putābam, quā custōdem ante secūta eram, sed, vīnō per vēnās fluente, difficile erat meminisse. Semper, sī poteram, deōrsum tendēbam.

​Tandem pervēnī in ātrium, quod nunc omnīnō tenebricōsum erat et vacuum, statuā armātā ūnā exceptā, quam vix cernere poteram. Forēs clausae adhūc erant, sed strepitus mortālium turbae forīs pulsantium ac clāmantium clārē sonābat. Cursus ante statuam datus erat meus; nihil cōgitante igitur ad eam properāvī, sed continuō, ad mē appropinquantem versa, mucrōnem ē vāgīnā in balteō sitā sūmptum hūc illūc agitābat. Ego contrā cōnstābam et fortiter pugnābam, eamque omnibus vīribus in capite percussī, sed — mīrābile dictū — praeter strepitum magnum, nihilī mōmentī vidēbātur tanta percussiō. Dēnuō percussī, et magnam spem adepta vidēbar, ubi mucrōnem ex statuae animātae gladiī concussū exēgeram, at fallēbar; statua subitā vī, velutī īrāta, mē manibus captābat, mēque faucibus tenēbat etiam virīliter oppugnantem. Quum spīrāre nequīrem, vīrēs dēficiēbant. Forēs magnō cum magnitūdinis labōre impingēbantur, dum saxeō mōnstrō exanimābar.

Aliquot diēs post in lectulō Nīdrōsiae experrēcta sum, nesciēns, ubi essem, quōve Mārte pugnātum fuerit. Sorōrēs autem mihi omnia narrāvēre: mē domum vectam esse ā virō surrūsticī ingeniī, Isaacō; eumque esse fātum mē aegrōtāre; monuisse, nē rūrsus oppidulum temptārēmus; brevī post cum parvā pecūniā regressum. Ō illūstrissimum virum! Dominī vērum famulum! Vīderat, putō, mē ad castellum mōnstrificum tendentem! Comperī posteā ex sorōribus castellum Pontīs vetustum combūstum esse, in eōque habitāsse horribilem maleficam, cujus tamen nūllum ūsquam gentium vestīgium inventum sit.

​Nudius decimus in lectulō suscitāta sum, at mīra quaedam memorātū digna tibi tribus verbīs narrābō, nē prōductō nimium diū sermōne fatīgēris: mē semper mārcēre, praecipuē post sōlem ortum; sorōrēs mihi suādēre cōnārī, utī sōlis intempestīvō ārdōre gaudeam, quippe quae nimis saepe nunc in umbrātilibus latebrīs cōnsīdam; terrōribus nocturnīs somnia complērī; faucēs mihi semper dolēre, in īsque duo cruenta forāmina facta; neque ēscam neque pōtiōnem dēlectāre ut soluerant; herī mē speculum īnspexisse, neque quicquam intuērī potuisse, praeterquam quae post mē latēbant; nec praetermittam mē prīmō horrēscentem noctū, jam etiam interdiū, nunc adūlantem vīsere eam, quam in castellō leōniparmēnsī incendiō perīsse crēdidī.

​Mē vocat interdicta scientia, quam illa sōla poterit ostendere. Proximā nocte in ejus amplectum ultimum fugiam, utī moriar, nē moriar, sed in aevum redivīva studiīs mē dēdam aeternīs et nigrīs, animā oculīs diabolicīs nitentibus subāctā. Quārē ad tē hās scrīpsī litterās, quaerēns, ut nostrae turbae nōmen dēs; sīve velīs, sīve nēvīs, adjungēris et sanguine et daemonibus et mortālium lūctū laetāberis. Litterīs pellēctīs sciō tē in nostram sententiam pedibus itūram, soror quondam in Fidē – futūra in morte. Ōlim nostrā manū subigētur genus hūmānum et prō falsō deō, quem colunt vīvī, imāginem adōrandam extruēmus Īnfandī, cujus mentiōne factā etiam fortissimī pavēscunt et cōnstantissimī tābēscunt! Euhoe! Euhoe! EVHOE!

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