LOVE'S EASY TEARS
"The Box Of Temptation"
Art
Produced
by William C. Johnson
"...You never Loved
that
Harlot, Toymaker.
You loved the pain you
inflicted upon her.
Now... shall we begin
?"
~ Baron
This was LeMarchand's tenth puzzle
construct.
The surface panels
were designed to be manipulated in the same
manner and order as
the bones in Anna Carter's body were removed
by LeMarchand
following her rejection of his marriage
proposal.
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"...Anna was horrified at my entry into her chamber. Clearly she had expected Madame Turtledove to keep her promise to keep me away from her. She screamed and threw various objects in my direction. She was no longer the lovely sad eyed girl that I had fallen in love with. She was still covered in heavy bruises and numerous scabs from my previous visit. Her sad eyes were now filled with hostility."
The Journal of Philip LeMarchand
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It
is said that working this box brings an intense
feeling
of depression to the manipulator.
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Love's Easy Tears (foreground) with Jeremiad Enigma - Photographs by Mark Adams, 2005.
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"Baron appeared to be quite intrigued by my designs, and asked whence came my inspiration. As I was uncertain how to respond, I told him that they were constructs based on my fascination with order and geometry. He handed me back my design and related to me that 'You will serve us well.'"
LeMarchand completed his last painting twelve days before his disappearance. Titled Baron, historians believe that it is a portrait of what LeMarchand refers in his journal as a "Coenobyte," beings of a super-natural order not unlike demons or angels. LeMarchand writes in his journal:
"...His skin was nearly blue, and pulled taut across his skull , giving him a most dreadful grin. His cheeks were rouged, and he seemed heavily perfumed. I inquired as to whether or not he was a Coenobite. He informed me that he was Baron , Duke of the Order of the Gash."
The Journal of Philip LeMarchand
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"Temptation"
- Blair 2002
Fifty-four people had now fallen victim to LeMarchand.
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