Jack the Ripper
(c)1987 CRL
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The Secrets of the Ripper
                                                 
It was december 1988. the saloon bar of the coach inn. we were 
talking about the ripper. Everyone in London was talking about 
the ripper. "I'd give something to know who he is," I said as I 
left. As I came out into the cold night air, a heavy hand fell 
on my shoulder. I turned to face a white haired man with a face 
that looked as if it had seen all the sorrows of the world. 
"What do you want, old man?" I asked. "I am not old. Three months 
ago i looked as young as you." He spoke the truth.  His was not 
an old man's voice, though  everything about him proclaimed him 
no younger than eighty. 
"You expressed an interest in the ripper. I have not long to 
live. I want to tell someone before I die."
"You know about this madman?"
"I know that he is no madman." 
"Come, man. There can be no sane motive  for... for..."
"There can be and there is. I assure you that he- or rather they- 
are as sane as you or I."

I was attacked by a wave of nausea. The thought of a bloodthirsty
madman who was terrorizing the streets was horrible, But somehow 
the thought that there could be a sane motive for the ripping open 
and dismembering of women upon the public streets struck a note 
deeper and more chilling than anything I could imagine. Somehow I 
already began to see darkly what this must mean.

"They are not driven by perverse lusts. Their reasons are as 
plain and practical as those of the prime minister and they have 
friends in high places." 
"But what ordinary, everyday reasons could there be for such 
monstrous public atrocities?" 
"I did not say that they were ordinary, or everyday. I said only 
that they were sane and practical. This is deep water, my friend. 
Deep and very dark. We are dealing with forces which corrupt a
man's heart even to speak of them. And I warn you, by the time I
have unfolded what I know, you will look a few years older.


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