enchanted-urban-spaces

In this chapter, Stephen Black, the butler, suffers from a mysterious malady similar to Lady Pole's, manifesting as exhaustion and detachment from reality. He experiences strange, dreamlike visions of an ancient, vast mansion called Lost-hope, which contrasts with his bleak daily life. Stephen encounters a mysterious, silver-haired gentleman in a coffee-house who claims to have enchanted him and speaks nostalgically of London's lost grandeur and the enduring reality of Lost-hope.