In a Glass Darkly II. The Room in the Dragon Volant

As the well-worn phrase goes, I was a sadder If not a wiser man. A great deal of the horrible impression left upon my mind was due, of course, to the mere action of nerves and brain. But serious feelings of another and deeper kind remained. My af­terlife was ultimately formed by the shock I had then received. Those impressions led me – but not till after many years – to happier though not less serious thoughts; and I have deep rea­son to be thankful to the all-merciful Ruler of events for an early and terrible lesson in the ways of sin.