No Caso de Charles Dexter Ward, de H. Lovecraft , o Dr. Willett
Enters Joseph Curwen's dungeon and resurrects a dead person identified as No. 118 by reciting the incantation of the Ascending Node over his salts.
Dr. Willett é informado por
The resurrected Joseph Curwen, impersonating Charles Dexter Ward, who he secretly murdered,
que
"era o número 118, e eu acho que você teria balançado se você tivesse procurado na minha lista em outro quarto".
Não. O próprio 118 dá ao Dr. Willett uma nota pedindo ao médico para
kill Joseph Curwen.
Logo fica claro que o nº 118 se opõe às negociações nefastas que têm ocorrido e desejoso de ser um aliado do Dr. Willett.
Quem é o nº 118?
Anteriormente na história,
The grave of Ezra Weeden, a primary instigator in Joseph Curwen's initial downfall and the romantic rival of Curwen, is robbed. There doesn't seem to be any other mention of Weeden in the 20th century occurrences, so without a further connection the passage seems superfluous.
Os objetivos compartilhados dessas duas pessoas parecem indicar que o número 118 pode, de fato, ter sido essa pessoa, mas o
Note given by No. 118 to Dr. Willett in eighth century Latin seems to indicate someone much older than Ezra Weeden.
Ocorreu-me também que o número 118 poderia ser
The recently murdered Charles Dexter Ward himself. Ward's reference to killing Dr. Allen (who is actually an alias of Curwen) and dissolving his body with acid and No. 118's mention of doing the same to Curwen seem to support the idea, but that still doesn't explain the archaic note. Ward is described as writing in a somewhat modern style, at least as opposed to Curwen. It also doesn't explain why Curwen would want to murder Ward if he was going to resurrect him later anyway.