Page 255 - Curse of Strahd_Neat

JOURNAL OF RUDOLPH VAN RICHTEN

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fi hi o/ lrPI n.lUI /i'm.wld!Je.
apase creaiPres o/ n'nrklte io 1/,e J'P/'ffi .lt! !J
'':l:ro'' I nH1 nnH1d in soH1e circles; 'k e" n.lUI ";,,asier hunur'' I nH1 en/Id
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in oll,ers. 1J,nt I hare surrird countless supernnlPrnl nssnulis is seo,

as n H1n.rrel nHfO.lt! H1!f peers; H1!f nnH1e is S)'o&.1 .w;IJ, /ear n.lUI Jonll, .lt!
PH10.lt! H1!f /oes.

.fit lrPI, 11,i ''ri.riPous" cnffi .lt! bqnn as nn obsessire #rl io n'eslr!f n

rnH1j?ire 1/,nl H!Prnerd H1!f chi/,/, n.lUI ii has becoH1e far Hie n 'UP'ous n.lUI
Menk career. Eren as H1!f /fie ty hunii .lt! H10!1S&.rs bqnn, I fail 1/,e .Wei hi
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o/ DH1e 011 H1!f .wear!/ shou/,/ers . .Ton'n!f I nH1 n H1n11 .who has siH1pl!f Jird loo
fo.lt! IJ& n rqr+I Jich, I .Jl.lUI H1!fsef/" i�ornU !f blu.lUI io nn aisi
I sou!Jhi od ty H1ndne.s nn,/, se&H.1t!l!f, H1usi HOHJ e,,ture far n/1 e&rnil!

o/ course I shall dfe, bP-1 .whe&er I shall erer rest in H1!f !Jl'are haunts H1!f
in:le 1/,ou!Jhts, a.ltd iorH1enis Hie in H1!f dl'eaHfS.

I apeci 1/,nl 1/,ase .who IJ,JJt.k Hie n hero .will chn.lt!e 1/,eir Hfinn's .when
1/,e!f kho.w 1/,e .whole lrPI nbJPi H1!f /fie as n hunur o/ 1/,e umtnirn/.
fererl/,e/e.ss, I H!Psi rereal, here n.lUI HOW, 1/,nl I hare been 1/,e in,/¢eci

!fd cerlnin cause ty H1n11!f n'eaih n.lUI 1/,e Jass ty H1n11!f !JOOd foenn' .
.Jfl& Hie noi I ,lo not H1erel /eel SO/'t'!f far H1!fse!/ J?nier, I coH1e io
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!Jlips .wil n n'erasin .lt! realiuTion: I HOHJ see 1/,nl I nH1 1/,e o,beci ty n
k1efalYfS!nm CP/'Se .J:lre lrn!Jicnll!f, 1/,e nn-lre ty 1/,is ha- is such 1/,nl I
hare not blrne 11,e brPni ty ii; ins/end, far .worse, 1/,ase .who surrou.lUI Hie
hare fallen ric6H1 io Ji/

I hare re� 1/,e lrn!Jic sior!f ty ho.w H1!f onl!f chiln' £.rns;,s .was takeh-
4--YfS!nm a.ltd so/,/ io n rnH1j?ire. I e.rplnind ho.w llnsH!Ps .was Hinde n

Hfinion ty 1/,e ni hi sinl&r, n.lUI ho.w ii .was H1!f HfisrnUe pnri io ftee hi.Hf
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/ro.,,, 11,n1 /a& nl & point t:f" n sin& Jfhnt I hare nql� io illuHfinnu
kfare is ho.w I lrnc.ke hnSH1Pss /dn'nnppers across 1/,e Inn,/, or ho.w I

�nc&d''' llnsH!SS .whereabJPis /.roH1 l/,eH1 .
.fit /nd 1/,e --YfSinm look hasH!Ps .w;IJ, H1!f o.wn, un.wii .lt! perH1ision .

..ll hnn' bl"OU!Jhi nn e.t'UeH!el!f ill H1eH1kr ty 1/,eJ.r irik io Hie one el'eni .lt!

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