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Choices Between Cat, Woman, or Evil Thing
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CAT or WOMAN or a Thing Too Evil to Mention?
Love and Obsession in the Tomb of Ligeia
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Even on her wedding night she must share the man she loved with the "female thing" that lived in the Tomb of the Cat!
The Struggle Between Faith and Doubt
Verden Fell
Man need not kneel before the angels, not lie in death forever, save through the weakness of his feeble will." Her words.
[reading at Ligeia's funeral]
Minister at Graveside
Blasphemy!
Verden Fell
Benediction.
[closing book]
Encountering Shadows of the Past
Minister at Graveside
You must have met in Hell!
[about Verden and Ligeia]
The Enigmatic Nature of Egyptian Eyes
Verden Fell
The eyes, they confound me. There's a blankness, a mindless sort of malice in some Egyptian. They do not readily yield up the mystery.
Exploring Change and Mystery in Relationships
Lady Rowena Trevanion
Has Ligeia's death changed him greatly?
Christopher Gough
Well, he's certainly changed, but I never knew her.
Lady Rowena Trevanion
Was he always so morose?
Christopher Gough
Bit mysterious, perhaps. Do you like him?
Lady Rowena Trevanion
I don't think so. But what has that to do with it?
Christopher Gough
To do with what?
Lady Rowena Trevanion
With whom one is drawn to. Whom one loves. Even whom one marries!
A Ghostly Presence Haunts the Living
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His first wife is dead- but still a little CATTY!
Reflections on Chaos and Desire
Verden Fell
Christopher, not ten minutes ago I... I tried to kill a stray cat with a cabbage, and all but made love to the Lady Rowena. I succeeded is squashing the cabbage and badly frightening the lady. If only I could lay open my own brain as easily as I did that vegetable, what rot would be freed from its grey leaves?