恶魔
之夜

Ameri%[can ps )ycho(.log
*ist- J(ohn$ H?ol ;+\den arr`i%/v
@\es in London to partici$$,_pate in a symposium_. aimi^ng to expose witchcraft and devil-wors%(hi)p as a fr+;aud, wit.%h ])att\_ention cent\ered on a c ult r*un b$.y a#^ Julian @( [.Karsw? ell. Debarking h-is plane, [:!Ho?,lden l_earns *#tha[ t the sy@=\mpos )@iu:m le.-ader, H
*en^_ry H(.%@arrington, has suddenly d)#*-ied and he is now in charge. What only the audience knows is ?that ,Harringto-%-\n !was clearl;@y kill%^\ed, by a demon,=-) appar(en]tly) sum
`!,moned by K?` a;:rswell =/to avenge his 
perse@;cution. Des@pite b`]#o th threatening and= cajolin^ g be_havior by Karswell, Hold:+en determines to procee-,)d%
, t?hough the only= cult member. wi=]
l
;li !ng to talk about,[ his expe`riences is in a prison ,psychiatric ward, catatonic af#-.]t!er all$.^egedly, killing^$ yet an[other cult member. However, ^/,Harring:+,ton's$@ niec e, Joa.@n`na, ?believe![]_s, base;
d on her uncle's n!otes, t%+ha[#_t [+?Kars?.well may indeed+ have some__ satanic power+,`s deri]ved f.ro@@/m$(. an an$$cient  tom?e$# in an obscure language whi? ch h!_e has been able to. tra%nslate, an#.d at/.tempts :![to warn the skep%tic^. Holden. Karsw  ell' s mother als?
)o att,
:
e[($:mpts to ,war$?n Ho,lde@?n`\ off$
. Howev$?er, t[ %he thing which ,(=$begins to most get t++o Holden are th) e occa si\(
onal, b ^ut mountin:#?g, sensory and ment ]al , disturb%:an=ces?% he begins experiencing after an encounter w^,ith#?? Karsw? ell, an*_d )the disco-very *$ t!!h?at, during ]-this encoun
ter,$, Karswell?? secret;ly slippe-#d %!a s!@lip of $pa* :rchme+nt with)= a cu%? r
se in ;runic ?_^sym=bols, on i t* in%%to \/Holden's belo:*#ng
?$i,/-n !gs, a parch) .m@ent id\_entical, to o!-ne Harring[ton record e.d hav[;[in;g had p@: a,/s!sed to him\ in a s`\imila^-r man)ne\`#r short+ly before his deat!`#
h... [ N.B. Holden _ at no %._point stays at the Karswell ^:^esta@te].