Chapter 22: Difficulties Ahead

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​⁠After a moment of stress, such as I have just described, reaction is bound to set in. I retired to rest that night on a note of triumph, but I awoke to realize that I was by no means out of the wood. True, I could see no flaw in the alibi I had so suddenly conceived. I had but to stick to my story, and I failed to see how Bella could be convicted in face of it. It was not as though there was any o