192 (The Inferno)

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who, driven out by her innocence, has entered
into an old lady who used to boast of being a
free thinker.

The death-dance lasts the whole night. The
lady is guarded by friends, who she says, are
to ward off the attack of death. She calls it
“death” because she does not believe in the
existence of evil spirits. And yet she often
asserted that her deceased husband tormented
her.

My departure is postponed, but, in order to
recruit my strength after so many sleepless
nights, I remove to my aunt’s house on the
other side of the street, and leave the “rose-red”
room. It is a curious fact that in the
good old times the torture chamber in Sweden
was called the “Chamber of Roses.”

At last I spend a night again in a quiet room.
The walls are painted white and covered with
pictures of saints. Over my bed hangs a crucifix.
But when night comes the spirits begin
their tricks again.

I light the candles in order to kill the time
with reading. There is a weird stillness in
which I can hear my heart beating. Then a
slight noise startles me, like an electric spark.

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