The fearful events of the day before would continue to thrust themselves upon his mind.

To put them out required painful effort; to recall and comprehend them was even worse.

Reflecting upon them now, with unstrung nerves, made them seem a hundred-fold more terrible than when they were the spontaneous offspring of hot blood.

With the reflection came the thoughts that this was but a prelude--an introduction--to an infinitely horrible saturnalia of violence and blood, through which he was to be hurried until released by his own destruction.

This became a nightmare that threatened to stagnate the blood in his veins.