Chapter 13: The Trap in the Great Cellar

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌⁠I suppose I must have swooned; for, the next thing I remember, I opened my eyes, and all was dusk. I was lying on my back, with one leg doubled under the other, and Pepper was licking my ears. I felt horribly stiff, and my leg was numb, from the knee, downward. For a few minutes, I lay thus, in a dazed condition; then, slowly, I struggled to a sitting position, and looked about me.

It had stopped r