Epilogue

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌⁠The history that I have set forth in the foregoing pages is the history of an episode. That episode opened with instantaneous abruptness; and in an instant it came to an abrupt end. The fatal words that I had overheard in my father’s house had been as an incantation that had cast over me a malign spell. In the moment in which they were spoken the sinister shadow of Lewis Otway had fallen upon my l