In the morning, Fr. Matteo comes to pick up Lyle from his house. He’s packed a bag. They drive to a diner and commence their first deep discussion of issues—while Lyle drinks scotch. The men recount their experience inside Old Vic. Did Matteo truly set free a coven of ghostly prostitutes? Did Lyle really succumb to a possessive demon? Matteo describes his harrowing near-death experience as a boy in Malta—and how his own mother died during a demonic struggle.

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