The Pit and the Pendulum

Don Nicholas Medina: Will you stay the night with us? Francis: The night - and more, sir. Until I know exactly what has happened here.

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Don Nicholas Medina: Was he not my father? Am I not the spawn of his - his depraved blood? Catherine: His depravity is not yours, Nicholas. Why scourge yourself because of it?

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Don Nicholas Medina: The atmosphere is heavy in here. [opens the curtains in Elizabeth's room] Francis: Why have you brought me here? Don Nicholas Medina: It is her room, sir. I've had it kept exactly as she left it.

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Don Nicholas Medina: I should never have brought her here. She was too sensitive, too aware. Francis: Aware of what? Don Nicholas Medina: The malignant atmosphere of this castle. It destroyed her. Francis: My sister was a strong and willful woman - not subject to the influence of atmospheres. Don Nicholas Medina: You have been here only a matter of hours, Mr. Barnard. You cannot know what it is to live here, month upon month, year after year, breathing this infernal air, absorbing the miasma of barbarity which permeates these walls.

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Doctor Leon: I beg of you leave with me. Don Nicholas Medina: I can never leave. I must accept whatever vengeance Elizabeth chooses to inflict upon me.

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Doctor Leon: [after Nicholas has fallen down the stairs and appears to have died] I told you to wait. Elizabeth: I couldn't. [she and Dr. Leon kiss] What about my brother? Doctor Leon: He's supposed to leave in the morning , but now... why couldn't you wait one more day? Elizabeth: I've waited too long already. [goes down to where Nicholas is laying] And now, my dear Nicholas, I have you exactly as I want you - helpless. Doctor Leon: Elizabeth, there is no time for this. Elizabeth: I've waited an eternity for this moment. There has to be time. Is it not ironical, my dear husband, your wife an adultress, your mother an adultress, your uncle an adulterer, your closest friend an adulterer - do you not find that amusing, dear Nicholas? Doctor Leon: Elizabeth.

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