*WARNING!* May contain disturbing descriptions of graphic violence.
Subj: Your Lesson Plan. First Lesson.
Date: 12/8/2000 12:08:16 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: se7en@emailshows.com (The Search For John Doe)
To: drivingmrspacey
To: William Somerset
From: John Doe
Subject: Your Lesson Plan. First Lesson.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light..."
-- John Milton, Paradise Lost.
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- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - -THE EARTHLY PARADISE
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| VII The Lustful /____\|
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| 7 VI The Gluttonous /_______|
| TERRACES / |
| OF V The Avaricious / |
| PURGATION and Prodigal /__________|
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| IV The Slothful /______________|
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| III The Wrathful /__________________|
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| II The Envious /____________________|
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| I The Proud /______________________|
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| / THE ISLAND |
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| / OF PURGATORY |
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|___________/_____________________________|
Subj: RE: You speak Italian AND German?
Date: 12/9/2000 12:19:54 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: se7en@emailshows.com (The Search For John Doe)
To: drivingmrspacey
To: Detective William Somerset
From: Tracy Mills
Subject: RE: You speak Italian AND German?
dear william,
here are the translations you asked for. i'm sorry; my italian is more than a little rusty, but I hope it helps.
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
Mi ritrovia per une selva oscure,
Che la diritta via era smaritta
would be something like
Halfway down the road of life
I found myself in a shadowed forest
For I had lost the straight path
this is from dante's inferno, isn't it? why did you need it?
for the german I had to use a dictionary
Wenn Du dies nicht hast dieses Sterben und Werden,
Bist du nur ein tube Gast auf der dunklen Erden.
When you don't have this dying and becoming,
You are only a sad guest on the dark Earth.
doing a little light reading? you must come for dinner again soon. our house needs more of your friendly kind of warming.
take good care of my man, will you, please? and thank you for keeping my secret safe for now.
a kiss
tracy
Subj: Gluttony
Date: 12/10/2000 12:10:17 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: se7en@emailshows.com (The Search For John Doe)
To: drivingmrspacey
To: YOU
From: John Doe
Subject: Gluttony
Gluttony: The habit or act of eating too much. "For the drunkard and the gluttonous shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a manwith rags." Proverbs 23:21
You accuse me of killing innocent people.
Tell me, was this one INNOCENT?
An obese man, a disgusting man who could barely stand up... who if you saw him on the street, you'd point so your friends could mock him along with you. Who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal.
But it was not his literal obesity that had to be punished. It was the utter surrender to the baser appetites which is unforgivable, which must be made example of.
Listen to Detective Somerset's dry reconstruction.: "He ate his fill, and was forced to continue eating... till his body rejected the food. the killer held a bucket under him, and then kept serving. He took his time. The coroner says this might have gone on for more than twelve hours. The victim's throat was swollen from the effort, and there was probably a point where he passed out. That's when killer kicked him in the stomach. Popped him."
What an amoral description-it conveys none of the meaning. My acts are like texts, to be read and deciphered and interpreted.
In time you'll learn.
Subj: Sloth
Date: 12/11/2000 5:19:49 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: se7en@emailshows.com (The Search For John Doe)
To: drivingmrspacey
To: You
From: John Doe
Subject: Sloth
Sloth: "Disinclination to work or exert oneself; laziness. Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and a proud man shall suffer hunger." Proverbs 19:15
I spent a full year watching Victor deteriorate. Every Sunday I took a Polaroid photograph of him, marking the deterioration of his condition. He was a drug dealer. He had sexually assaulted an 8 year old boy. Don't you DARE tell me VICTOR got anything he didn't RICHLY DESERVE. I I spent hours with him, days and weeks and months. I watched him starve. I watched him drip out. I watched him chew off his tongue.
This experience has changed me, galvanized me. I have learned to look on the suffering of the sinful with exsquisite detachment.
And I learned something: Be careful what you wish for, slothful men. Someone might GIVE IT TO YOU.
Subj: Files for review: Suspect Residence
Date: 12/12/2000 3:32:26 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: se7en@emailshows.com (The Search For John Doe)
To: drivingmrspacey
To: Profiling
From: Detective Somerset
Subject: Files for review: Suspect Residence
I trust you enjoyed those crime scene files. Ready for more?
This is a link to an inventory and photo record of what we found in John Doe's apartment. My partner insists he's insane, but I am not convinced of this. If he is insane, it is a fiercely disciplined madness and I admit it frightens me badly.
http://metro-pd-homicide.equels.com/suspect_residence.html
Over and out,
Somerset
PS: As you saw recently, Detective Mills has a hot temper. I just hope he hasn't antagonized John Doe into withdrawing from us--or worse.
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