In "The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After" by Patricia C. Wrede, the narrator reflects on their perception of alarming news. They express a sense of calm regarding Daniel's disappearance, contrasting it with their previous reactions to unsettling events. This shift in emotional response indicates a depletion of their capacity to react with alarm, suggesting that the frequency of distressing occurrences has desensitized them. The narrator feels temporarily untroubled by a situation that would have previously elicited significant concern, highlighting a profound change in their emotional state.

In "The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After" by Patricia C. Wrede, the narrator reflects on their perception of alarming news. They express a sense of calm regarding Daniel's disappearance, contrasting it with their previous reactions to unsettling events.

This shift in emotional response indicates a depletion of their capacity to react with alarm, suggesting that the frequency of distressing occurrences has desensitized them. The narrator feels temporarily untroubled by a situation that would have previously elicited significant concern, highlighting a profound change in their emotional state.