The Damned Soul
Rhinebeck is a town that has always been known for being a place where people live a calm and peaceful life but on December 21st of 1864 everything changed.
It was a cold and cloudy night, around 11:00pm when a decent gentleman arrived to an abandoned mansion near the market place, there was a rumor that claimed that the house was haunted by the damned soul of a woman who used to live there many years ago but there are thousands of rumors in a small town, so honestly I never believed that there was such as a damned soul in an old house, I always thought that these kind of rumors were only silly stories to scare children.
The next day, after the gentleman’s arrival, everything was very calmed, apart from the fact that every lady in town was intrigued by this man and they were all stalking him. I came to know, he was a single Lord from the British royal family, then the title made the ladies even more interested in getting to know him.
I was a the market place when I overheard a conversation between this lord and the carrots' seller.
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Lord: excuse me sir, would you mind telling me where I can get an exorcist?
Seller: oh lord Davis! An exorcist? What for?
Lord: I’ve been hearing creepy noises around 3:15 Am and I have heard that the mansion I live in is haunted.
Seller: well I myself have heard that rumor but sir do you honestly believe that?
Lord: I didn’t believe that the first time I heard it, but I’m desperate, I have found 3 of my horses dead at the garden this morning.
Seller: oh, God forbid the damned soul of Marie Louise is real!.
Lord: Is that her name?
Seller: Yes, my lord the rumor says she lived there a long time ago, after her husband left her she went crazy and made a pact with the devil to get him back, but one night she killed all of her children and then killed herself, people in town say that she is trapped here on earth for eternity as a punishment for what she did.
Lord: Wow!, that story really gives me goosebumps. To be honest I believe there must be a reasonable cause for this to happen, I don’t think a damned soul is haunting me but still I just want to find an exorcist.
Seller: If you walk down this road you will get to the church, talk to the priest he may be able to help you.
Lord: Oh!, thank you so much and please don’t say anything. I don’t want people in town to think that I’m crazy.
Seller: I’ll take your secret to my grave, here, have some carrots for your table.
Lord: Thank you Mr. Bingley, I appreciate.
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The day of the exorcism came, December 21st of 1864 the lord and the priest entered the house early on the morning and called to the spirit of Marie-Louise but she wasn’t thrilled about this visit, that was the last thing I heard about lord Davis and the priest, they were found dead on the garden the next morning with no eyes and with cuts all over their bodies.
By Natalia Del Castillo, Step 9
