Vilket är prov nr 118 i fallet Charles Dexter Ward?

I H. P. Lovecraft s Fallet av Charles Dexter Ward , 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 berättas av

The resurrected Joseph Curwen, impersonating Charles Dexter Ward, who he secretly murdered,

det

"Twas Number 118, och jag tänker på att du skulle ha skakat om du hade tittat upp den i min lista i andra rummet."

Nej. 118 själv ger Dr Willett en anteckning som frågar läkaren till

kill Joseph Curwen.

Det blir snart klart att nr 118 är motsatt till de nyfikenheter som har förekommit och önskade sig vara en allierad av Dr Willett.

Vem är nr 118?

Tidigare i berättelsen

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.

De två målens gemensamma mål tyder på att nr 118 faktiskt kan ha varit den personen, men

Note given by No. 118 to Dr. Willett in eighth century Latin seems to indicate someone much older than Ezra Weeden.

Det höll mig också att nr 118 kunde vara

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.