The Man Who Laughs Part II, Book the Seventh, Chapter I - The Awakening

In which Gwynplaine, roused by the dawn and a resolute revival of conscience, wrestles with the bewildering changes that have sundered him from his beloved Dea and his familiar world, as he seeks to reclaim his true self and rightful place. Haunted by a mysterious interlocutor’s cryptic words and emboldened by a swelling courage, he storms through corridors and chambers, desperate to break free from captivity and reunite with those he holds dear.