On emerging from that black and deformed thing which is called the galleys, the Bishop had hurt his soul, as too vivid a light would have hurt his eyes on emerging from the dark. The future life, the possible life which offered itself to him henceforth, all pure and radiant, filled him with tremors and anxiety. He no longer knew where he really was. Like
Upon leaving the grim and stifling environment of the galleys, the Bishop experienced a profound anguish within his soul, akin to the discomfort one feels when adjusting to bright light after being in darkness. This transition brought forth a stark contrast between his past suffering and the potential for a new, virtuous life that now lay ahead of him. The purity of this future life evoked feelings of both fear and...
