and his going left a darkness deeper than before.
In my dejection I took a new view of the night’s outrage. It was no common burglar’s work, for what had I worth stealing? It was the work of my unseen enemies, who dogged me in the street; they alone knew why; the doctor had called these hallucinations, and I had forced myself to agree with the doctor; but I could not deceive myself in my present mood. I remembered the steps,
and his going left a darkness deeper than before.
In my dejection I took a new view of the night’s outrage. It was no common burglar’s work, for what had I worth stealing? It was the work of my unseen enemies, who dogged me in the street; they alone knew why; the doctor had called these hallucinations, and I had forced myself to agree with the doctor; but I could not deceive myself in my present mood. I remembered the steps,