This chapter's epigraph comes from a quote from the novel The Sorrows of Our Life by Dr. Barlow. Barlow says, "I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry." He's referring to the fact that the narrator's life is in danger, and that he's about to be killed. Barlow's quote is a reference to the shadow assassin, a kind of demon that can be summoned only by sacrificing the soul of a dead person. The narrator is horrified at the idea that a demon could use the souls of dead people to summon a demon, but he can't believe that the
This chapter's epigraph comes from a quote from the novel The Sorrows of Our Life by Dr. Barlow. Barlow says, "I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry." He's referring to the fact that the narrator's life is in danger, and that he's about to be killed. Barlow's quote is a reference to the shadow assassin, a kind of demon that can be summoned only by sacrificing the soul of a dead person. The narrator is horrified at the idea that a demon could use the souls of dead people to summon a demon, but he can't believe that the