▁amb itions ▁to ▁power ) ▁Med ard us ▁returns ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁clo ister . ▁A ▁great ▁fest ▁is ▁being ▁held ▁– ▁A ure lie ▁is ▁soon ▁to ▁take ▁her ▁final ▁v ows ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁nun . ▁Once ▁again ▁he ▁must ▁struggle ▁with ▁his ▁l ust . ▁Just ▁as ▁he ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁master ed ▁it ▁the ▁do ppel g änger ▁r ush es ▁in ▁and ▁st abs ▁A ure lie , ▁fat ally ▁this ▁time , ▁and ▁once ▁more ▁esc apes . ▁At ▁the ▁end , ▁he ▁writes ▁this ▁manuscript ▁as ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁pen ance . ▁A ▁final ▁note ▁from ▁the ▁li br arian ▁of ▁the ▁clo ister ▁reve als ▁circumstances ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁– ▁namely ▁a ▁h yst er ical ▁la ughing ▁which ▁cast s ▁doubt ▁on ▁his ▁imp lied ▁re dem ption ▁from ▁sat an ic ▁possession . ▁( or ▁- ▁since ▁he ▁dies ▁in ▁a ▁calm ▁sleep ▁precisely ▁a ▁year ▁after ▁A ure lie , ▁he ▁did ▁rep ent ; ▁and ▁the ▁laugh ter ▁was ▁given ▁out ▁by ▁his ▁half - bro ther , ▁still ▁l ur king ▁in ▁the ▁clo ister ' s ▁hidden ▁ch amb ers , ▁still ▁em body ing ▁the ▁evil ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁protagon ist ' s ▁person ality , ▁and ▁still ▁need ing ▁time ▁to ▁rep ent , ▁which ▁he ▁could ▁do ▁after ▁joining ▁the ▁clo ister ▁as ▁a ▁mon k ▁with ▁Leonard us ' ▁help ). ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁The ▁entire ▁German ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁online ▁MP