Book 2, Chapter 22: The Catastrophe

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​⁠Viewed by the cheerful light of the morning sun as it streamed in through my bedroom window, the phantoms of the previous night dwindled to mere scare-crows. On the panic-stricken state in which I had fled from Mr. Otway’s chambers I was now disposed to look back with faint amusement. Even the words which I had spoken into Mr. Otway’s ears as he slept had no longer any terrifying significance, tho