The Fiend

- Beware of my brethren, the fruitful place was a wilderness

and all the cities thereof were broken,

for thus have the lord said,

the whole land shall be desolate,

yet will I not make a full end?

Brethren, think on those words.

Ready yourselves, as this dear child this night makes ready.

Gathered here on this blessed night of baptism,

the most holy and merciful Christ

and whose precious blood shed at Calvary will all cleanse.

Let this child into your wondrous kingdom.

Jesus saves!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

There to be born again.

Save us Jesus, save us!

On you, the agony, the humiliation, the degradation

of a life without Christ.

Love me. - Brethren I came to Christ.

I bathed in his blood.

Adore his blood.

Adore his blood.

And now I am cleansed of all...

I am saved.

Save us Jesus, save us.

Hallelujah.

I was damned.

I was a sinner lord.

I perished.

- Jesus help me. - I perished, yes,

but I am born again.

Hallelujah.

I sit at Christ's right hand.

Hallelujah!

Dear one another you'll bear the anguish

of eternal damnation.

Please Jesus help me for I am a sinner.

Without Christ you are destroyed.

You are dead.

Repent.

Please help me.

Choices lord.

Love Christ or be devoured by hell fire.

Brethren, love your Christ or die.

Hallelujah.

Now let us sing to Christ Jesus.

For you're all of you his children.

And you're all of you to be obedient to him.

Sing my brethren, for he is with you now

on this glorious night of baptism.

Sing.

Come on, bugger, come on.

Get him.

You all right?

Yeah, yeah.

They were trying to break it.

I didn't realize there was two of 'em at first.

They really go at me with a screwdriver.

Think yourself lucky it was only a screwdriver.

Yeah, what's that supposed to mean?

It could have been murder, like the one up river.

Third woman in three months.

Strangled by the looks of her.

Another one?

Yeah, stripped and dumped by some barges.

Barges?

Where?

Up by Hammersmith bridge.

Doctor reckoned she was killed just after midnight.

Midnight?

I had a patrol up there just after then.

Yeah?

Did ya see anything?

Well of course not.

I woulda reported it otherwise wouldn't I?

Yeah, he's a flying bastard, whoever he is,

and sick.

I've been in the force a few years,

but I've never seen anything like that.

He's a flying bastard whoever he is, and sick.

Who's there?

Who is it?

Darling you startled me.

You sleep well mother?

Thank you, yes.

Mother, I want... - Kenny.

A little prayer, Kenny.

A little prayer.

I'm tired, mother.

Let's never talk like that, Kenny.

That's the way your father talked.

You must never talk like that.

Dear god, thank you for today.

I have sinned, please forgive us god.

We have sinned, please hear our prayer.

Thank you. - You're fine sight

first thing in the morning.

God help the man who's daft enough to marry you.

You smoke too much.

And drink.

Will the smoking, drinking lady journalist

be home for a meal tonight?

Because if so it's

her turn to cook. - It's my turn to cook.

No, I won't be home tonight.

You're not going to scrounge another meal

off of mother are you?

Well if you're really that interested

what I'm doing tonight,

I'm interviewing what the police call a false confessor.

And what's he falsely confessing to?

The murder of two women.

And if he reads the papers this morning

I should think he'll make it three just to impress.

- With a bit of luck he might get to you before cancer does.

Kenny, I wish you'd come home.

Oh, there we are.

Oh there you are Kenny.

There darling.

I don't think I can eat anything this morning,

thank you mother.

Oh that's not like my Kenny.

Has anything upset you darling?

No.

I'm just not hungry, that's all.

Oh and I just made you a fresh pot of tea.

Hurry up, it'll get cold.

Kenny, eat up your breakfast.

That's a good boy.

I think I'd rather get some sleep.

All right, I'll pour out your tea

and bring it up to your room.

You're always overdoing things mother.

I'll have to tell Ness the way you're carrying on.

Kenny.

Where is she anyway?

Your face.

Oh, it's just a scratch mother.

The... - I had a spot of bother

last night with a couple of lay abouts.

You must be careful Kenny, please.

They came at me with a screwdriver, I think it was.

Oh and the lint, where is the lint?

I told them that...

Have you seen the lint Kenny?

Mother. - Yes.

I, I met someone last night.

Shh, Kenny.

I... - Now Kenny,

please don't speak.

I met someone last night

and I, I... - Kenny don't speak, please.

Excuse me. - Yes.

Excuse me. - Yes.

Does Mrs. Wemys live here?

Yes, I'm Mrs. Wemys.

Who are you?

I'm the district nurse.

Who? - Nurse Lynch.

Lynch?

Lynch?

Where's nurse Prentice?

I want nurse Prentice.

She's left, being transferred to another district.

Do you love your god, child?

What?

What religion are you?

- Well, I... - You do believe, don't you?

Yes of course.

I like nurse Prentice.

Nurse Prentice was always punctual.

I'm not sure of the district yet.

I'm just going downstairs for

That was my son, Kenneth.

I look after Kenny.

When Kenny was a child his father tried to take him away,

but our brethren stopped him.

Our brethren took the matter to court.