24th August 1883

Needless to say, the Limbic Key continues to elude me. I strongly suspect it is a fiction. The Orderare pursuing a chimera – the sense of destiny has not departed, however. On the contrary, I wasmeant to be here, irrespective of the motives of those who sent me. Other forces were at work. Ihave been chosen since the beginning of time.Curse this blasphemous fate.

C. Curtis