Chapter 21: He Falls upon Scylla, Seeking to Avoid Charybdis

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌⁠Fathom, whose own principles taught him to be suspicious, and ever upon his guard against the treachery of his fellow-creatures, could have dispensed with this instance of her care, in confining her guest to her chamber, and began to be seized with strange fancies, when he observed that there was no bolt on the inside of the door, by which he might secure himself from intrusion. In consequence of