18 May.--I have been down to look at that room again in daylight, for I must know the truth. When I got to the doorway at the top of the stairs I found it closed. It had been so forcibly driven against the jamb that part of the woodwork was splintered. I could see that the bolt of the lock had not been shot, but the door is fastened from the inside. I fear it was no dream, and must act on this surmise.
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So instead of “waking” Jonathan (who was only shamming sleep) to do work, the Count apparently went back and blocked the door somehow.
Why not just close and lock it? Probaby he did not trust that the women might simply unlock it again. On the other hand, if the women removed whatever barrier the Count put in place, they would not have plausible deniability.
Posted by: Most Significant | May 18, 2022 at 03:45 AM