Mary's Letter

Mary's Letter is an important item received in Silent Hill 2. The letter was written by Mary Shepherd-Sunderland while she was terminally ill and was meant to be given to James, her husband; however, it is the mystery of the letter that brings James to Silent Hill. It is already in James's inventory at the start of the game.



Depending on which ending the player receives, Mary may give it to James in the "Leave" and "In Water" endings, or Maria may give it to James in the "Maria" ending.

In the beginning, the letter ends at the line "Waiting for you...", leading James to believe that Mary is indeed alive and doing just that, whereas the final letter reveals that it was actually written shortly before her death.

Transcript



 * "In my restless dreams,
 * I see that town.
 * Silent Hill.
 * You promised me you'd take me
 * there again someday.
 * But you never did.
 * Well, I'm alone there now...
 * In our 'special place'...
 * Waiting for you...
 * Waiting for you to
 * come to see me.
 * But you never do.
 * And so I wait, wrapped in my
 * cocoon of pain and loneliness.
 * I know I've done a terrible
 * thing to you. Something you'll
 * never forgive me for.
 * I wish I could change
 * that, but I can't.
 * I feel so pathetic and ugly
 * laying here, waiting for you...
 * Every day I stare up at the cracks
 * in the ceiling and all I can think
 * about is how unfair it all is...
 * The doctor came today.
 * He told me I could go
 * home for a short stay.
 * It’s not that I'm getting better.
 * It’s just that this may be
 * my last chance...
 * I think you know what I mean...
 * Even so, I'm glad to be coming
 * home. I've missed you terribly.
 * But I'm afraid, James.
 * I'm afraid you don't really
 * want me to come home.
 * Whenever you come see me,
 * I can tell how hard it is on you...
 * I don't know if you
 * hate me or pity me...
 * Or maybe I just disgust you...
 * I'm sorry about that.
 * When I first learned that
 * I was going to die, I just
 * didn't want to accept it.
 * I was so angry all the time and I
 * struck out at everyone I loved most.
 * Especially you, James.
 * That's why I understand
 * if you do hate me.
 * But I want you to
 * know this, James.
 * I'll always love you.
 * Even though our life together had
 * to end like this, I still wouldn't
 * trade it for the world. We had
 * some wonderful years together.
 * Well, this letter has gone on
 * too long, so I'll say goodbye.
 * I told the nurse to give
 * this to you after I'm gone.
 * That means that as you read
 * this, I'm already dead.
 * I can't tell you to remember me,
 * but I can't bear for you to
 * forget me.
 * These last few years since I
 * became ill... I'm so sorry for
 * what I did to you, did to us...
 * You've given me so much and
 * I haven't been able to return
 * a single thing.
 * That's why I want you to live
 * for yourself now.
 * Do what's best for you, James.
 * James...
 * You made me happy."

Trivia



 * In the English version of Silent Hill 2, a line from Mary's letter to James reads, "You promised you’d take me there again someday, but you never did." What the translation doesn't capture is the fact that Mary blames not James but herself (and her illness) for this.
 * Jeremy Blaustein revealed in an interview that Monica Taylor Horgan cried after narrating Mary's letter.
 * Checking the letter frequently, along with Mary's photo, will increase the chance of obtaining the "Leave" ending.
 * If the player checks the letter, James reveals it is in Mary's handwriting; however, following the fight with Eddie Dombrowski, all the writing disappears, leaving James with a blank piece of paper. After viewing the videotape in Room 312 of the Lakeview Hotel, the blank piece of paper disappears completely. Finally, after James encounters Pyramid Head for the last time, the envelope disappears. This implies that the letter never physically existed in the first place and instead was either a figment of James's imagination or a manifestation created by the town in order to draw James back to Silent Hill.
 * In Dead by Daylight: Chapter XVI - Silent Hill, MarysDBDLetter.png's Letter appears as a Rare Offering. It tremendously increases the chance to be sent to Silent Hill when burnt.

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