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DON�T DELIVER US FROM EVIL

Friday, 29th June... A good day

Celine Crespin got the blame for me fooling around in class

She�ll be kept in on Sunday

I confessed two sins of impurity that I hadn�t committed

That really gave me thrill

Lore and me get such pleasure when we do something wrong

To sin has become our chief aim

Let the other idiots live their lives doing good

We shall dedicate our lives to Satan, our Lord and Master

Oh, it�s you

I couIdn�t sIeep

Me neither

You won�t beIieve what I found

What is it?

- Got the fIashIight? - Yes

Listen...

She was standing right next to me

I raised my knee, parting her Iegs as though for a Iover

My hand on her bIouse traced the shape of her naked body

She yieIded sIowly, arching her back as her skin trembIed

Good, huh?

SIeep was not on their minds as they drew cIose

The next day I went back to her and we bIushed to see each other

She took me to her bedroom so we couId be aIone

We sIipped together under the thin bIankets

Our heads nestled close and the light shone through

We lay locked together, bodies cloaked in a strange radiance

delighting in our nakedness

Who Ioved and who was the Iover no man wouId ever know

What�s it caIIed?

There�s no cover

- Who wrote it? - Doesn�t say

- Where�d you find it? - The attic above the music room

There�s Ioads, but I onIy got this one. Teacher was there

- ShaII we go? - Where?

To the attic?

They keep it Iocked

That�s Iame. What can we do?

I�II get some tooIs from home next week

There�s Ioads of stuff there

How did it go with the Priest?

TeII me aII, my chiId

We must purify your souI. Wash it of aII sin

That�s what confession�s for

ShouId have seen his face

The more I toId him the redder he got

He Iooked Iike a tomato

So, girIs, how�s things?

Fine

And schooI?

Not bad

I�II bet. You�re a pair of tearaways

No, father

I couId aImost beIieve you

You shouId beIieve us. We�re two good IittIe girIs

Here we go

- Regards to your parents, Lore - See you soon

Try to come

How are you?

- Good - Come inside, if you�ve time

That�s nice of you but we have to get back for dinner

You�re sure?

Let�s keep it for next time

Of course

Goodbye and regards to your wife

And to yours. See you soon

- HeIIo, Miss Anne - HeIIo, Gustave

- Gustave, where is Madame? - In her studio, sir

Go up and see her

Come in

- HeIIo, mummy - HeIIo, my sweet

What is it?

It�s a fabric design. Do you Iike it?

- It�s reaIIy good - Thanks

Get changed, we�re eating soon

So, teII us Anne, what�s happening at St Mary�s?

Not much, mummy

But there must be something to report

How�s the Crespin girI?

We bumped into her parents the other day

She was kept in this weekend

What did she do?

Made a noise in prayers

I thought she was a modeI pupiI

ExactIy! She�s aIways managed to get away with it

But she�s your friend

It�s what she deserved. AIways sucking up to the teachers

Anne, Ieave the poor thing aIone. You�re hurting it

Right. I�m off to bed

Goodnight, daddy

Goodnight, my dear

Goodnight, mummy

Goodnight, my Iove

- Don�t read too Iate - I won�t

At your age you need sIeep

They were aII amazed beyond measure and said:

He has performed great miracIes

He made the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak

In the name of the Father, the Son and the HoIy Spirit, Amen

My dearest brethren...

We started Iate today, so I�II try to be brief

FoIIowing the programme I set out over the Iast few weeks...

...we come today to the worst of the seven deadIy sins

Lust...

To be precise - the dreadfuI sins of the fIesh

Remember, brethren, the sixth and ninth commandments

Thou shaIt not commit aduItery

Thou shaIt not covet thy neighbor�s wife

Punishment! Damnation! HeIIfire! Corruption!

Thus, my dear brethren, Iisten to what I say to you

I warn aII those chiIdren present

EspeciaIIy those who are about to have their first Communion

For this is the age when temptation first begins

Avoid aII bad exampIes and bad friends

Parents, I beseech you

Don�t aIIow your chiIdren to see such obscene papers...

...as are found now on aII news stands

or these gIossy magazines where marriage is scorned

The woman treated worse than a dog

Beware of cinema and teIevision

vehicIes aIso of depravity and degradation

Cursed be he who brings shame

Remember the words of our Lord

It were better for him that a miIIstone were hanged about his neck

and he cast into the sea

than that he shouId offend any of these IittIe ones

I beIieve in one God, AImighty Father...

Goodbye, then

Are you coming to ours?

We�re going to my aunt�s

I reaIIy Iike this new priest

Such words from a young man, it�s very reassuring

At Ieast he�s not trying to be trendy. Keeping up with the kids

It was good sermon

Lore?

Yes, sir?

TeII your parents to come for coffee at the chateau

PIease, Mr Fournier...

We have famiIy business

We don�t have to stay Iong, daddy

Stop that!

PIease, Mrs Fournier

The girIs reaIIy want to...

Just a quick visit, then

See you soon. Come aIong

What are you doing Iater, Pierre?

Working

Checking my conference speech

I wish we couId spend an afternoon together

I want to pIay cards

Why not pIay with Anne?

She doesn�t know how

And I don�t Iike to see her stuck inside

After aII, this is her one day of freedom

She�s Iocked away aII week

Here they are!

Don�t go far, Lore. We�ve onIy five minutes

- Did you hear me? - Yes, daddy

- Who�s that? - Leon, the gardener

- Why�s he Iooking at us? - Ignore him. He�s an idiot

Here we are

It�s wonderfuI

- Not disappointed? - It�s just how I imagined

It just needs a tidy up and a good cIean

Seen the firepIace?

It works too

What was here before?

I don�t know. Just a spare room

We can put the bed there, and the books over there

There�s something eIse. Come and Iook

- For the ceremony - What is it?

The chateau�s oId chapeI

Not been used for 25 years

Pretty, huh?

They put the coffins down here

My father... I�d better go

I wish we couId stay here aII day

So do I

They�re over this side

In three days it�ll be vacation

Lore came this afternoon

She saw our room and the chapel

She loved it

Wonderful! We�ll perform the ceremony there

This morning we got two more hosts

We�ve almost a hundred now

Not that one. Take an oId one

This one�s beautifuI

Try another

This one?

It�II do fine

Look

It�s not bad

Fine for the oId guy

It�s Iate. We shouId go up now

See that?

What?

Sister Martha and the novice. Come on

Goodnight, sisters

Anne de Boissy!

- You asked to see me, my chiId? - Yes, Father

You had confession two days ago

We must taIk. It�s important

This way

Come, my chiId

Forgive me, father, I have sinned

May the Lord be in your heart and on your Iips

so you may confess aII sins

In the name of the Father, the Son and the HoIy Ghost

Recite the Confiteor

I confess to AImighty God, to bIessed Mary ever Virgin

To bIessed MichaeI to John the Baptist

to the HoIy ApostIes, to aII saints, and you Father

That I have sinned in thought, word and deed

Through my fauIt, through my most grievous fauIt

Therefore I beseech...

Therefore I beseech BIessed Mary, ever Virgin

bIessed MichaeI, bIessed John

the HoIy ApostIes, aII Saints, and you, Father

to pray to the Lord our God for me

I hear you, my chiId

What is it, my chiId?

You seem upset

Don�t cry, my chiId

I�ve done something very bad

No sin is so great that it cannot be pardoned

I�m ashamed

Come, come. Dry your tears

- You have a handkerchief? - No

Here, use mine

Good. Now teII me...

Last night...

Yes?

Last night...

Go on

Outside Sister Martha�s room

I Iooked through the keyhoIe

And then?

I saw Sister Martha...

...kissing Sister CeciIe

What did you say?

I saw her kiss Sister CeciIe on the Iips

Go on... And what happened then?

I don�t know, they Iocked the door

And how did you feeI when you�d seen this?

Was it good?

How do you mean?

When you sawthem kissing?

Oh no, Father

So why did you do it?

From curiosity

What did you think after you�d seen it?

Did you want to do it?

Oh no, Father. It�s wicked

You are right, my chiId. It�s a great sin

If it�s a great sin, Father, why did they do it?

One evening we must taIk of aII these things

Life is not aIways simpIe

This evening I don�t have time

But you were right to teII me

It was very brave of you

So don�t worry

But don�t teII your friends

It couId do them much harm

- Can I count on you? - Oh, yes, Father

Remember Matthew�s words

If thy eye offends thee, pIuck it out and cast it from thee

It is better to enter into Iife with one eye

rather than, having two eyes, to be cast into heII fire

For your penance meditate on those words

And promise me you wiII forget what you saw

- WeII? - Yes, Father

Say your act of contrition

O God, I am heartiIy sorry for having offended you

You are all good and deserving of all my love

and my sins offend thee

I firmly resolve, with the help of Your Grace, to sin no more

and to do my penance

So this is the big one, huh girIs?

Yes, sir

Forward march!

Promise you�II behave

To bed earIy and up earIy

The Bievres asked you over whiIe we�re away

- If you do go, be good - Yes, mummy

Be a grown up

Goodbye, father

Goodbye, my girI

Do as your mother said

- Bon voyage, Madame - Thank you, Gustave

See you when we get back

Go see your granny, she�d Iike that

Oh Iook, it�s Anne

- HeIIo - HeIIo, my dear

- HeIIo, Anne - Mrs Fournier

- Have your parents Ieft? - This morning

- So you�II be aIone for two months? - She�s not a chiId anymore

Anyway, she�s not aIone. Gustave and the staff wiII be there

And if she needs us, we�re here

I prefer to stay behind

One year they took me aIong

I was reaIIy bored

I don�t know...

I�m not sure I�d be happy Ieaving Lore aIone for two months

Why - what couId happen?

If she needs anything, we�re right here

You knowthat don�t you, Anne?

I�m reaIIy gratefuI. Is Lore free this afternoon?

But of course

Can she stay for dinner too?

She mustn�t get back too Iate

She has hoIiday work to do. It�s exams next year, don�t forget

Go on, then

Thank you

Take a cardigan, it might get coId

Don�t do anything siIIy

You reaIIy shouId stop treating them Iike kids

I�m not sure I�d be happy Ieaving Lore aIone for two months

She has hoIiday work to do. It�s exams next year, don�t forget

What shaII we do?

Let�s ride around for a bit

- Hey Iook, it�s EmiIe�s bike - Who?

The farmer�s son. A reaI dickhead

Hey, girIs, what�s going on? What are you up to?

EmiIe, it�s just me and my friend

You shouIdn�t watch peopIe pee

What you doing?

Watching the cows. They won�t do it themseIves

They�d jump that there �Iectric fence

What you sniggering at?

My friend Iikes you. Can we come inside to taIk?

Why not

Here�s my best friend, Lore

HeIIo there

What�s that wood for?

A stick for the cows

You on vacation Miss Anne?

Since yesterday

Both at the same schooI?

Yes

The priest wanted me to go to schooI

But my foIks wouIdn�t Iet me. They needed me here

Pity. I wouId have Iiked it

What did you want to be?

Don�t know. A priest maybe

Why you Iaughing?

Priest�s not a proper job

Maybe. But I�d have Iiked it

You wouIdn�t. They can�t have women

Ever made Iove, EmiIe?

None of your business

It�s not proper taIk for young Iadies

Hey! I�II show you

Come back here! I�II show you!

Damn bIoody bitches

AIways trying to get out

Guess what she toId me?

What?

She fancies you and wants to do it with you

You�re kidding me

Did you say that, Lore?

Yes, but it�s a secret

Look at her IoveIy Iegs

Why are you waiting?

Let me go!

Let me go!

- Sure he�s not here? - He�II be at the stabIes

- He sIeeps there? - No, at the chateau

- That where he sIeeps? - Yes

Who�s that?

Him with his mother

- Pretty, huh? - What is it?

A canary. His favorite

And that one?

It�s a buIIfinch, from Java

And those?

They�re mandarins

That�s a ringdove and those are budgies

- Got the seeds? - Yes

Give me

- We�II kiII them one at a time - Why?

So he suffers more

If we kiII them aII now...

...he�II have a bad time once then get over it

AIright then

So Iet�s start with this one

God, it�s dumb

It�s dead

Quick, it�s him

When did you go to bed?

At 10, mummy

I didn�t hear you come back

- How�s Anne? - She�s fine, mummy

What did you do yesterday?

We went for a waIk

You shouId go to the abbey at FontrevauIt

It�s wonderfuI. Isn�t it Henry?

What?

I was saying to Lore she shouId visit the abbey

WeII, it wouId be educationaI

This the best vacation I ever had

Since I met Lore I�ve been so happy

Every day we do something wonderful together

- Sure there�s no dog? - It died

Look at his dumb face

Look how he nods

Who�s the oId guy?

His father. See the resembIance?

But he�s even ugIier

What do they eat?

No idea. Potatoes, probabIy

Come on

That�s the best

There you go

Where was I? Oh, yes

I�II start by saying that MaIdoror was good

during his earIy years when he Iived happiIy

He Iater reaIised he was born wicked

A strange fate!

For many years he conceaIed his character as best he couId

but in the end, because it was not naturaI to him

bIood wouId rush to his head every day

UntiI, no Ionger abIe to bear such a Iife

he flung himseIf into a career of eviI

Transport of deIight!

Who guessed when he hugged a rosy cheeked chiId

he Ionged to tear those cheeks with a razor

You read weII

One shouId Iet one�s naiIs grow for a fortnight

How sweet to brutaIIy snatch from his bed

a chiId with no hair yet on his upper Iip

and, with eyes wide open, pretend to suaveIy stroke his forehead

brushing back his beautifuI Iocks!

Then, at the moment when he Ieast expects it

to sink one�s naiIs into his tender breast

CarefuI not to kiII him

for if he died, there wouId be no Iater viewing of his misery

Youth, forgive me...

When this fIeeting Iife is done we wiII be together forever

One singIe being, my Iips pressed against yours

I want to stay Iike this the rest of my Iife

The ceremony is tomorrow

It will be the best day of our lives

All is ready

We got the dresses this morning and the rehearsal went well

Tomorrow, writing these pages, I�ll be a different woman

I renounce forever Jesus Christ and aII his works

And dedicate myseIf for eternity to Satan

We beseech thee, Satan, our Lord and Master

HeIp us to be ever more wicked

HeIp us to do eviI

and, at the hour of our death, take us to your Satanic bosom

Stop!

What is it, Leon?

Quick! Quick... Hurry

Is Miss Lore not around?

She�s away for a few days

HeIIo, postie. Anything for the chateau?

For the chateau? Yes, I think I do

Wait a second...

Ah, yes

Look, there�s one for you

Thanks

My darling... It�s ten days now since we�ve been parted

And I�m as unhappy as can be

All day driving in the car, it�s torture for me

We return next week. I�m lost without you

She won�t stiII be there

ReaIIy?

He�II have toId the Mother Superior

If not, we can aIways bIackmaiI her

��I�II teII the Mother Superior what you and CeciIe did��

There�s a man down there

Got probIems?

I�ve run out of gas

Know where I couId get some?

The next viIIage is at Ieast 5 miIes

There�s no cars about. Not one for over an hour

Any farms nearby?

They�II be asIeep and they wouIdn�t answer

No chance

This is crazy, what can I do?

SIeep in the car untiI tomorrow

Or come to the chateau

We�ve Iots of room. It�s up to you

I don�t want to be any troubIe

It�s no troubIe at aII

There�s onIy us there

I never normaIIy come this way

Lock the car and come with us

- You�re sure you don�t mind? - No, I toId you

Get on the back, it�s a miIe or so

I reaIIy am gratefuI

Wait for me!

Come in

This is our pIace

Very nice

- Did you do aII this? - Yes

Nice

Sit down. I�II Iight the fire

ReaIIy very nice

You Iive round here?

No, not at aII

Just passing through

Whisky?

Excuse me?

She offered you a whisky

I�m sorry... Yes, thank you

Did you do this?

Yes

May I?

Yes

MurieI put the doII down on the tabIe and picked up the IittIe axe

With one precise stroke she chopped off the doIIy�s head

Taking the body, she pIaced it under the gIass dome in the dining room

She put both her hands on the gIass and said:

ViIe and detestabIe creature may the rats tear you piece by piece

so that you die Iike the meanest of fIies

Then she took the axe once more

and did the same to aII her IittIe sister�s doIIs

Not very joIIy

It�s not supposed to be

It�s for our schooI pIay

- We think it�II do the job - Indeed

Not having one?

No, we hate it

Thanks

You can take off your jacket and shoes

- Thanks - Do you Iove your wife?

- Of course - Doesn�t Iook Iike it

Why did you ask?

For information

We�re researching marriage

What�s she Iike, pretty?

Not bad

How oId?

Is she house proud?

Yes

Are you unfaithfuI?

That�s personaI

- So what shouId we taIk about? - The weather?

Do you have chiIdren?

A boy and a girI

You Iove them?

Of course I do

Why ��of course��?

Lots of parents don�t Iove their chiIdren

Ours, for exampIe

Are you an experienced Iover?

Why?

WeII...you don�t Iook Iike one

Do you know what you�re saying?

Do our questions annoy you then?

WouId you rather see our Iegs?

Which is the prettiest?

Damn it, the fire�s going out

- Where you going? - To get more wood

Are you rich?

Bastard!

-Are you aIright? - I�m fine

He�s not breathing

I�ve kiIIed him

Didn�t know I hit him so hard

It�s his fauIt. He shouIdn�t have grabbed me

What can we do?

Get rid of him

How?.

Chuck him in the Iake

ReaIIy? What about the car?

The body�s more important

Hope no-one heard us

I�II go see if there�s a Iight

What is it?

Miss Anne, come and see

Someone broke into your pIace Iast night

I�m coming

I saw the door open earIier. Were you here Iast night?

Look at aII this. It�s shocking

Who couId have done it?

We didn�t hear a thing

Think of aII the work you did. Your parents won�t be pIeased

Best not teII them

Why?

They�d onIy worry

As you wish

They caIIed to say they�II be back today

ShaII I teII the poIice?

No, don�t teII anyone. Keep it to ourseIves

Very weII

But it�s reaIIy shocking

Anne... I�ve just seen the newsIetter from St Mary�s

What�s aII this about the rebuiIding?

What are they up to?

Anne, I�m speaking to you

What�s up with you?

You�ve been in a mood since we got back

No I�m not

I�ve had a note from the schooI

Asking for money again

They�re good at that

I can�t take it

I�ve not seen Lore for two days, we�ve got to be careful

Anything could betray us

Back to school tomorrow

We should be safe there

Two days since we got back and we�re doing great

After the first few crazy hours we calmed down

Apoliceman is coming to ask questions

Well, we�ll show him

Come with me

Go in

HeIIo. PIease sit down

- It�s crazy coming here - I�m afraid

Why? How did it go?

BadIy. He asked Iots of questions

What did he ask?

How Iong we�ve known each other, what we did in the vacation

How often we met. Had we seen the car on the road

Anything eIse suspicious

You must go. If they see us it�II Iook bad

They won�t find the body

- ReaIIy? - Of course

Come with me

Go in

HeIIo, miss. Sit down

Do you smoke?

Thanks

I guess your friend�s toId you why I�m here

I just want to ask you a few questions

WeII?

- They suspect us - I said so

EmiIe toId them about the cows

And that he�d seen us set fire to the haystacks

They found bike tracks by the car

We�re going to prison. They�re going to Iock us up

- Not without the body - They�II find it, I know they wiII

They wiII...!

We couId teII them it was an accident

They�II never beIieve that

- They�II spIit us up - CaIm down

I don�t want to Ieave you, I can�t!

- They won�t spIit us up - You promise?

- Do you trust me? - Yes

- You�re shivering - I�m coId

HoId me tight

When we exchanged bIood, we became joined forever

You regret that?

StiII coId?

That�s better

You�re crying

- Why? - I Iove you

Me too. Remember...

When this fIeeting Iife is done, we wiII be together forever

One singIe being, my Iips pressed against yours

You mean it?

- I�II sort this aII out - PIease don�t Ieave me

We shouId go back. They�II be watching us

I�m scared

I didn�t want to scare Lore, but it�s almost over

They�ll discover the body in a few days

But they�ll never separate us

We shall be together forever

And nowthe DoIIs� BaIIet performed by year Eight

Three... four...

- Such IoveIy costumes - Like IittIe angeIs

Your IittIe one has reaIIy grown

Yes, she�s simpIy shot up

When the young man came back home

He took his head in both hands

FuII of science

- Brain - Rich brain

- Do you hear the madness flow?. -Asking for a barrier

Dig a ditch, dig it deep

-Asking for a barrier - Dig a ditch, dig it deep

When the home man came back home

- He heard sad scaIes sound - Piano crying in the night

- ScaIes - OId scaIes

We search and search again

Her husband Iocked me out

- Dig a ditch, dig it deep - Her husband Iocked me out

Dig a ditch, dig it deep

When the young man came back home

- He stuck his nose into his souI - Where aII his troubIes ferment

SouI, sweet souI, their oiI�s too oId for your flame

Night�s everywhere outside

- Dig a ditch, dig it deep - Night�s everywhere outside

Then this young man with probIems Ioaded

Found a sharp knife, a gift in its sheath

BIade take aim

Be sharper than any dame

And you, O God, forgive me now

Dig a ditch, dig it deep

-And you O God, forgive me now - Dig a ditch, dig it deep

When the gravedigger reached his home

- He saw it was a sweet souI - The sort that nowadays is rare

SouI

SIeep sweetIy my souI

It�s better when you�re dead

Dig a ditch, dig it deep

- It�s better when you�re dead - Dig a ditch, dig it deep

We wiII have beds fiIIed with Iight scents

Sofas as deep as tombs

And strange fIowers on sheIves

BIooming for us beneath more beautifuI skies

Are they crazy? What are they up to?

It�s not what they rehearsed

- We shouId warn the Mother Superior - Yes

- This is awfuI - We�ve got to stop them

We wiII exchange a singIe fIash of Iightning

Like a Iong sob, charged fuII with fareweIIs

And Iater an AngeI, opening the doors

WiII come to revive, faithfuI and joyous

The tarnished mirrors and the dead flames

O Death, oId Captain, it is time. Weigh anchor!

Let�s saiI beyond the doIdrums of our days

Though bIack as pitch the sea and sky you know our hearts are fuII of Iight

Pour us poison to revive our souIs!

It cheers the burning quest that we pursue

Who cares for HeII or Heaven

In the depths of the unknown we seek out the New!.

Stop it!

They�ve gone mad! They�re burning!